A lot of animal cams suck. The angle is bad, the lighting is poor, the animal is usually not there, etc. etc. But this puffin cam is actually pretty darn good. When the bird pecks at the camera you want to duck.
Check it out.
It's from Audubon. Here's some text from the press release:
In 1973 a young biologist hatched a plan to bring a charismatic seabird back to Maine. It was the start of a five-decade scientific adventure that would ultimately revolutionize seabird restoration.
The Atlantic puffins, the colorful seabirds that nest on remote islands off the Maine coast, are showing signs of resilience in the face of climate change. After a dismal breeding season in 2021 due to a lack of fish, the puffins have rebounded in 2022 and 2023 thanks to the abundance of sand lance, another…
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