Topic: Puffin Burrow at Seal Island, Maine, USA 2019-20 (Read 162254 times)

Lani · « **Reply #615 on:** February 23, 2025, 11:44:22 PM »

The Seal Pups have left to start their new Life... God bless

Lani · « **Reply #616 on:** March 04, 2025, 09:49:46 AM »

While we wait for the Puffins to return, I'll post information from Cornell.

The best time to find Atlantic Puffins is during the breeding season. From late April through August they come ashore to nest on islands—the rest of the year they’re far out at sea. In the U.S. the best bet is to take a boat trip to rocky islands off Maine. Elsewhere, puffins nest in larger numbers in Canada, Scotland, Greenland, Norway, and especially Iceland, which is home to about half the global population. In these countries, a visit to a puffin colony can provide great views of hundreds to thousands of the birds. Outside of the breeding season, you’ll likely need to take a pelagic birding trip well offshore to find one.

People Are Throwing Puffins Off Cliffs To Save Them | The Dodo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ETr9qMhDgo&t=29s
Mar 3, 2025 #thedodo #kitten #cat
Baby puffins keep getting lost, so the whole town comes out at night to help the little guys out 💙

Asa explains why the puffins keep getting lost, and shared this very unique Icelandic tradition with us!

Lani · « **Reply #617 on:** March 13, 2025, 10:38:24 AM »

Seal Island

Lani · « **Reply #618 on:** March 18, 2025, 11:02:06 PM »

A great photo by Carl Vovis

Lani · « **Reply #619 on:** March 25, 2025, 10:04:22 AM »

Beautiful Eagles announcing their arrival at Seal Island

https://x.com/i/status/1904534507241214403

Lani · « **Reply #620 on:** April 04, 2025, 11:29:03 AM »

Soon the Seal Island Puffin cam will go Live

Till then enjoy Highlights from 2024 season

https://explore.org/livecams/puffins/puffin-burrow-cam

Lani · « **Reply #621 on:** April 16, 2025, 09:36:57 AM »

Seabirds and Shorelines
A Newsletter of the Seabird Institute
https://seabirdinstitute.audubon.org/news/seabirds-and-shorelines-04-09-2025?ms=aud-email-_20250409_
In a few short weeks, the sky over the Gulf of Maine will come alive thanks to the return of puffins, terns, and other seabirds that nest along the Maine’s coastline. It is too soon to know the conditions seabirds will face this season. The changing environment and potential impacts of avian influenza are top of mind.