The Marine Gallery at the Pratt Museum includes the Gull Island seabird camera (live-streamed every day from May to September), an exhibit detailing the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, historical and contemporary infomration about fisheries in Alaska and the maritime history of the area, and specimens of the marine mammals and birds of Kachemak Bay.
The Gull Island seabird camera live-stream is active for the season and better than ever! This May, Jason Sodergren of Taiga Electronics and Pratt Museum Facilities, Exhibits & Grounds Manager, Chase Warren, ventured out to Gull Island to install an upgrade to the Gull Island seabird camera. We want to thank the team at Mako’s Water Taxi, who donated their time, skills, and resources to transport the team back and forth multiple times.
The gull camera has always been one of the most popular aspects of the museum and we are so thrilled to provide this unique experience to our visitors and community members. It now can be controlled with a joystick, which offers a 360-degree view of the nesting birds on this untouchable island in the middle of Kachemak Bay. Please stop by and take a look at the action on the island where you have a limitless view of glaucous-winged gulls, kittiwakes, cormorants, and more. You can even zoom into the puffin burrows.
Gull Island is owned and managed by Seldovia Native Association, Inc. The Pratt Museum is granted a conditional use permit to place camera equipment on the island for educational and scientific purposes.
Watch the live stream below:
The Pratt Museum staff would like to express their appreciation and gratitude for the commitment, time, and skills each volunteer has offered to keep this valuable resource alive for the education and pleasure of our community on the Peninsula, around the Bay, and across the state.