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  2. Now's the time to find Atlantic puffins in nearby Maine ... - AOL

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    There is one animal present in our greater backyard that I urge everyone to try to see at least once in the wild − the Atlantic puffin. Now's the time to find Atlantic puffins in nearby Maine ...

  3. Eastern Egg Rock Island - Wikipedia

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    With the help of fish delivered to Eastern Egg Rock, [5] 69 percent of Maine's roseate terns were nesting there by 2004. [6] Now the island is the southern limit of puffin habitat in North America. [4] To protect the birds, the island is closed to visitors for the breeding season, which runs from April through August. [3]

  4. Puffin - Wikipedia

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    Two species, the tufted puffin and horned puffin, are found in the North Pacific Ocean, while the Atlantic puffin is found in the North Atlantic Ocean. All puffin species have predominantly black or black and white plumage, a stocky build, and large beaks that get brightly colored during the breeding season. They shed the colorful outer parts ...

  5. Atlantic puffin - Wikipedia

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    The Atlantic puffin acquired the name at a much later stage, possibly because of its similar nesting habits, [11] and it was formally applied to Fratercula arctica by Pennant in 1768. [9] While the species is also known as the common puffin, "Atlantic puffin" is the English name recommended by the International Ornithological Congress. [12]

  6. Maine's puffin colonies recovering in the face of climate change

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    The encouraging news comes as the Audubon Society is celebrating its 50th anniversary of tending to Maine's puffin colonies, which it restored from just a few dozen pairs. There are now as many as ...

  7. First puffins of season return to Rathlin Island - AOL

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  8. Project Puffin - Wikipedia

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    Project Puffin is an effort initiated by Dr. Stephen W. Kress of the National Audubon Society to learn how to restore puffins to historic nesting islands in the Gulf of Maine. [1] It was started in 1973 [ 1 ] when puffins were nesting in only two locations in Maine — Matinicus Rock and Machias Seal Island .

  9. Manx shearwater - Wikipedia

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    The scientific name of this species records a name shift: Manx shearwaters were called Manks puffins in the 17th century. Puffin is an Anglo-Norman word (Middle English pophyn) for the cured carcasses of nestling shearwaters. The Atlantic puffin acquired the name much later, possibly because of its similar nesting habits.