It was hard to get a good shot at first, but slowly one puffin started swimming closer and closer to the boat and seemed to lose in the sunlight. I used a Nikon D7100 with a 150.0-600.0 lens.

Imagine how hard that must be - holding the fish in your mouth while, at the same time, ... Puffins have had a beleaguered history in the Gulf of Maine since early colonization.

Atlantic Puffins were once almost extinct from Maine’s coast, their only native habitat in the United States.. But after the success of Project Puffin, which worked to restore puffins to Eastern ...

How to see puffins in Maine. Only six miles from shore, Eastern Egg Rock is one of Maine’s most popular islands for puffin watching. You can get to the island by taking a tour from Boothbay or ...

By Derrick Z. Jackson From our April 2023 Animals issue. Atlantic puffins in Maine represent a globally recognized victory in wildlife conservation — and they offer a poignant warning about climate ...

Puffins spend most of their lives at sea, eating small fish, less than six inches long, such as sand lance and herring. Cold water is good for bringing fish up to the surface, said Kratter, also a ...

It’s puffin-counting season–and you can watch. Bird monitors on the Farne Islands off the northeastern coast of England are tallying the roughly 200,000 seabirds that return to this important ...

Maine Puffin colonies in Maine recover, 'population is stable, and it could still be growing' Following a catastrophic 2021, the puffins in Maine rebounded for a 2nd year in a row ...

An adorable rare baby puffin can now be seen frolicking at the Central Park Zoo — delighting animal lovers who gushed Friday over its heart-melting “chick floof.” Primary Menu Sections US News ...

Tufted puffins are making their grand return to the Oregon Coast in April, and the Haystack Rock Awareness Program and Friends of Haystack Rock are hosting an on-beach celebration to celebrate thei… ...