Atlantic Puffins were once almost extinct from Maine’s coast, their only native habitat in the United States. But after the ...

Maine is the only US State where Atlantic Puffins breed - if you want to see them before they leave, you must take a tour during their short breeding window.

The National Audubon Society began Project Puffin to reintroduce the birds to their historic nesting area in the Gulf of Maine. Using decoys, transplanted chicks, sound machines and even ...

Atlantic puffins once disappeared from colonies in southern Maine due to overhunting ... When you’re done reading puffin facts, learn more about Atlantic puffins and birds with limited ranges ...

Assemblages vary from a few hundred pairs in Maine to tens of thousands ... Reaching an average of 30 years, puffins, like all long-lived birds, “can afford to skip the breeding cycle for ...

You can get to the island by taking a tour from Boothbay or New Harbor narrated by National Audubon’s Project Puffin to get a history of the birds and their restoration in Maine. According to ...