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LORIDAVIS

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Re: Puffin Burrow at Seal Island, Maine, USA
« Reply #195 on: September 06, 2019, 12:02:03 PM »
Quote from: PeepSpy on September 06, 2019, 10:41:37 AM
Hey, are you ready for a cruise? CAP'n FISH has Audubon Puffin & Scenic Cruises!  ;D

https://www.mainepuffin.com/

The Puffins will head back to Seal Island next April!  :-*

I am!!!  Checked on prices and it's pretty reasonable... it's only a billion miles away :(
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Re: Puffin Burrow at Seal Island, Maine, USA
« Reply #196 on: September 06, 2019, 06:35:26 PM »
Another article about the Atlantic Puffin study on Maine's 5 islands:
https://www.npr.org/2019/08/05/745712331/living-with-puffins-better-duck-and-cover

Lori! We can dream!  ;) :)
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Re: Puffin Burrow at Seal Island, Maine, USA
« Reply #197 on: September 06, 2019, 06:42:00 PM »
Clynn posted this video documentary in the Beak. Thanks Clynn! Interesting and happy some people are doing something. :)
600,000 pairs come to Newfoundland!  But many chicks get killed in the roads. :o

https://youtu.be/MkfejjQqwM0
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Re: Puffin Burrow at Seal Island, Maine, USA
« Reply #198 on: September 07, 2019, 01:25:08 PM »
This link was posted in comments on the Puffin Burrow cam page. Chatter OKed my posting here. Includes poems, limericks, etc. about Bucky and this past season. Lots of Puffin lovers!  :)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HTvx6p-V3f0FotwduQDxns9Y2yW_XxzMIwb5ZI5mjOM/edit
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Re: Puffin Burrow at Seal Island, Maine, USA
« Reply #199 on: September 08, 2019, 03:52:39 PM »
From National Geographic, a short video on the life cycle of a puffling on its first solo trek to the ocean!  :)

https://ngs-vh.akamaihd.net/i/NG_Video_DEV/933/859/puffin_atlantic_lifecycle_480x360_464k.mp4,,.csmil/master.m3u8?__b__=1000
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Re: Puffin Burrow at Seal Island, Maine, USA
« Reply #200 on: September 12, 2019, 09:05:40 AM »
More about the Life Cycle of the Atlantic Puffin  :)

https://www.animalspot.net/atlantic-puffin.html

Hardy little cuties!  :-* :)

Lifespan
These birds have a long life. The average lifespan of in the wild is 383 months or almost 31 years, while the minimum lifespan is 20 years, the maximum recorded longevity is 33.8 years.
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Re: Puffin Burrow at Seal Island, Maine, USA
« Reply #201 on: September 12, 2019, 11:17:38 PM »
Wow, such beautiful coloration and sunset!  :)



Aw, Gullfriend looking for Manny! (away for Winter rejuvanation) :(

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Re: Puffin Burrow at Seal Island, Maine, USA
« Reply #202 on: September 13, 2019, 05:28:55 AM »
Beautiful pic, Peep!
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« Reply #203 on: September 18, 2019, 04:08:55 PM »
I have been looking for this! This pic shows a loose mating season colorful bill loosening up to fall off for Winter!  :)

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Re: Puffin Burrow at Seal Island, Maine, USA
« Reply #204 on: October 25, 2019, 10:38:27 AM »
Bringing Puffins back to Main - newer article with podcast from Tufts.  :)

https://now.tufts.edu/articles/tell-me-more-bringing-puffins-back-maine
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Re: Puffin Burrow at Seal Island, Maine, USA
« Reply #205 on: October 25, 2019, 11:04:25 AM »
Bucky!!!  :-*


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Re: Puffin Burrow at Seal Island, Maine, USA
« Reply #206 on: October 25, 2019, 11:53:48 AM »
Loved that second one, Lori! "I'm king of the Burrow!"  ;D
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« Reply #207 on: October 30, 2019, 01:53:35 PM »
LOL!  ;D





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Re: Puffin Burrow at Seal Island, Maine, USA
« Reply #208 on: October 30, 2019, 04:59:41 PM »
Peep, those are great! 
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Re: Puffin Burrow at Seal Island, Maine, USA
« Reply #209 on: November 13, 2019, 11:31:19 PM »
LOL  ;D  I hadn't seen this one before - Coca Cola commercial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx-StTqEzB0
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