Need a breather? Spend a few minutes (or longer) on rocky off the coast of Maine, virtually hanging with some puffins. The looks out over a “loafing ledge” where these charismatic seabirds mill around and socialize.
Seal Island is home to more than 500 nesting puffin pairs. Hunting wiped out the birds on the island in the 1800s, but they’ve re-colonized the site over the last 30 years—with a lot of help from tireless staff and volunteers.
The striking birds, sporting tuxedo-patterned plumage and coral-red bills that look almost marbleized, aren’t the only stars of this livecam, made available through a partnership between APP and . Watch long enough and you might see and other seabirds hanging out on the craggy ledge.
The hustle and bustle outside is ridiculously entertaining, and there’s even more drama right now on the . It’s trained on an egg expected to hatch within the next few days.
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