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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 ...
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 .
Techniques used for restoring the birds, such as playing recordings of puffin calls, were mostly effective. [2] [5] 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]
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]
The Maine puffin population once dwindled to only about 70 pairs on tiny Matinicus Rock. Hunters who pursued the birds for their meat and feathers had nearly wiped them out by the early 1900s.
Eight of the islands within Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge currently support seabird restoration projects. The primary focus of these projects is to re-establish breeding populations of common, Arctic, and roseate terns, Atlantic puffins, and razorbills on historic nesting islands. The combined efforts of the Refuge and our ...
Puffin flying near rocks Home to many breeding colonies, Maine has plenty to offer. Plan your summertime trip to see Puffins, Murres, and Razorbills at their best.
Hog Island is an island spanning 330 acres (130 ha) located in Muscongus Bay in Bremen, Maine, United States at the end of Keene Neck Road.It is a part of the Todd Wildlife Sanctuary, which includes an additional 30 acres (12 ha) on the mainland across from the island, as well as the current home to the Audubon Camp in Maine operated by the Seabird Restoration Program (Project Puffin) of the ...