Cam viewers are encouraged to help watch for the great northern white owls and to report their sightings of all birds and wildlife in the comments section on the camera page. The winter of 2014-2015 is already notable for a major ‘invasion’ of magnificent Snowy Owls. Sharp-eyed birders are also finding unusual winter seabirds at the island such as Iceland Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Snow Buntings, and Ravens. Sometimes more than a dozen eagles will gather around a meal. In addition to watching seals, viewers can also observe Bald Eagles, which gather on the island to scavenge on seal placenta and dead seal pups. Produced by, a philanthropic media organization and division of the Annenberg Foundation, the Seal Pupping Cam will broadcast live HD footage from 19 miles off the coast of Maine, during which time an estimated 500 or more young pups will be born. Now scientists and wildlife enthusiasts can VIEW this remarkable event using the convenience of a mobile phone, tablet, or computer. Since then, the gray seal colony has grown to the second largest gray seal pupping location in North America. Gray seals have used remote Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge as a “pupping site” at least since the year 2000. The Seal Island puffins are now at sea, perhaps in the vicinity of Bermuda, but Seal Island remains a very busy place, as revealed by the latest collaborative wildlife cam provided by and Project Puffin. Please note: The two tours mentioned leaving from Port Clyde and Cutler DO NOT include Audubon Naturalists.The Gray Seal Pupping Cam is back, providing amazing views of s eal pups, Bald Eagles and winter birds Puffin Watching tours are available to Machias Seal Island, courtesy of Bold Coast Charter Company, with Captain Andrew Patterson from Cutler, Maine.Puffin watching tours to Eastern Egg Rock are also available from Port Clyde on Monhegan Boat Line. ![]() For more information about the Puffin Cruises, please contact the companies directly. Puffin watching tours sail rain or shine, so it is important to bring appropriate attire - including a sweater or windbreaker, and sunscreen.īoth puffin cruise lines recommend reservations. The tour features Boothbay Harbor sights, including several lighthouses and a seal ledge, before heading to Egg Rock for a thirty-minute tour around the puffin colony.Īlthough we are often able to come quite close to puffins, they stand only ten inches tall, and binoculars are strongly recommended to enhance your overall experience. Tour participants have also been able to view Harbor Seals, Minke whales, Northern Gannets, and Storm Petrels.īoothbay Harbor is also a point of departure for CAP'n FISH's Island Lady, which offers a two and a half-hour Puffin Cruiseon a few select days in June, plus Mondays and Tuesdays at 1 pm, and Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays at 10 am, from July through late August. ![]() In addition to puffins, passengers have an opportunity to view endangered Roseate Terns, Arctic Terns, and Common Terns, along with Black Guillemots, Common Eiders, Laughing Gulls, and many other seabirds. ![]() The one and a half hour tour departs New Harbor for Eastern Egg Rock, where the boat slowly circles the island for 30 minutes. The trip departs daily at 5:30pm, and trips end in late August. Hardy Boat Cruises, based in New Harbor on Maine's Pemaquid Peninsula, runs a Puffin Watchcruise in the Spring with Audubon naturalists starting in early June (and without Audubon naturalists beginning in mid-May). Project Puffin provides narrators for the puffin watching tours provided by two companies to view the thriving colony at Eastern Egg Rock, Muscongus Bay, Maine.
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