Project Puffin restored a puffin nesting colony using methods first developed at Eastern Egg Rock. The Seal Island puffins were decimated by excessive hunting in 1887. The PUFFIN LOAFING LEDGE CAM overlooks a puffin loafing area at Seal Island NWR where Audubon’s Project Puffin operates a summer field station. Be sure to tune in to find out what happens next!Īlso visit the AUDUBON OSPREY BOAT HOUSE CAM, which sits on the mainland atop the Audubon boat house. It is about Rachel Carson and the osprey named after her. The saga of Hog Island Ospreys (plus their offspring and occasionally other Ospreys) continues, as Osprey Steve and his current mate return each year. You may be interested to read Steve Kress's blog in the Huffington Post. Rachel, our first resident female Osprey at Hog Island, was named in honor of Rachel Carson, who brought attention to the impact of the pesticide DDT to wildlife. Read more about these fun and interesting programs, or sign up for a camp session. Hog Island Audubon Camp hosts six-day birding, ornithology, and natural history programs for adults, teens, and families during camp season. Hog Island is located within the National Audubon Society's 300-Acre Todd Wildlife Sanctuary. The AUDUBON OSPREY NEST CAM - HOG ISLAND, MAINE is located at the Hog Island Audubon Camp near Bremen, Maine. Watch the action 24/7 when the cams are in season in the Spring and Summer months. Fancy that!Īfter a few weeks of poor nest cam visibility (thanks to a splattering of poo!), the cam was wiped clear by our volunteers, who also managed to ring the two chicks.In parnership with, you can watch puffins, razorbills, terns, and ospreys find mates, build nests, socialize, and raise their chicks. Dad Axel has been treating Mum Asha and chicks by catching and bringing back salmon, which is generally thought to be too heavy for ospreys. Osprey parents divide nesting duties, with the female feeding and guarding the chicks and the male doing most of the hunting. It’s a bit windy up there but the ospreys love it.īoth osprey chicks are well on their way to becoming prodigies. And that’s where our Loch Garten nest cam will take you. Ospreys can nest in cliff ledges, coastal rocks and even on electricity pylons, but treetops, especially conifers, are their preference. This is a partnership that can really go the distance, as in all the way to the top of a very tall tree. The ospreys are the perfectionists of our line-up – they’re constantly rearranging their nests to make them the ideal shape for looking after their hatchlings. Take to the treetops with our Ospreys at Loch Garten If we don’t take action to curb greenhouse gas emissions, searing temperatures, disruption and increased threats to wildlife will be in store for all of us. The arrival of these bee-eaters in the UK, while exciting, is a stark reminder of our overheating planet. Once the chicks hatch, it’s not uncommon for new parents to receive help with their brood, with other members of the colony chipping in with feeding duties. Parents mate for life, and with both males and females taking their turn to incubate the eggs (up to 10 per nest!), bee-eaters make for real power couples. They wasted no time in digging new homes, and now have eggs in several burrows and chicks in one nest. Typically, bee-eaters nest in southern Europe and north Africa, but this small flock of seven have selected a disused quarry near Cromer. Join in the fun with our Bee-Eaters at Triminghamįirst up are our surprise special guests this year – bee-eaters in Norfolk! Making their grand entrance earlier in the year, these rare, colourful birds have set up a small colony in Norfolk.
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