Seabird Institute Local Birds

Live Bird Cams

Our live-stream bird cams, in partnership with explore.org, connect a worldwide audience with Maine's birds.
Have you wanted to experience the magic of a seabird colony or get to know a family of osprey?  

Thanks to our partnership with explore.org, you can watch puffins, razorbills, terns, and osprey find mates, build nests, socialize and raise their chicks from the comfort of your own home.  During the peak season of May - August, the cams are live 24/7 (weather permitting) and chat boards are regularly moderated by Seabird Institute staff. 

Seabirds on Seal Island NWR
A baby bird in a burrow.

Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is a 109-acre offshore island located in outer Penobscot Bay, 22 miles southeast of Rockland, Maine. Seal Island is the second nesting site restored by the Seabird Institute staff. Prior to the initiation of restoration activities in 1984, puffins last nested around 1887 and terns last nested in 1936. After restoration, puffins began nesting in 1992 and the first terns nested in 1989. Today the island hosts a diverse seabird colony with nesting Atlantic Puffins, Razorbills, Black Guillemots, Leach's Storm-petrels, and terns. Take a peek at life above, and below, Seal Island's rocky shoreline with explore.org's seabird cams.

Osprey at the Todd Wildlife Sanctuary
Two birds sitting on a nest.

Located six miles southeast of Damariscotta, Maine  along Muscongus Bay, the Todd Wildlife Sanctuary includes a 30-acre mainland parcel as well as 330-acre Hog Island, located a quarter-mile offshore and home to Hog Island Audubon Camp. The Todd Wildlife Sanctuary & Hog Island Audubon Camp provide people with opportunities to experience and learn about nature on the coast of Maine. With the support of explore.org's osprey cams, audiences from around the world learn about the raptors who call the Todd Wildlife Sanctuary home.