Atlantic Puffins were once almost extinct from Maine’s coast, their only native habitat in the United States. But after the ...
Pair your island journey with a longer sea birding trip. Take our quiz: How many shorebirds can you identify? Be one of the lucky few to watch puffins at arm’s length on Machias Seal Island.
The islands, named North Rock and Machias Seal, are located in the "grey ... The islands have no long-term inhabitants other than a colony of Puffins and a Canadian who mans the lighthouse.
There is also a large colony on Machias Seal Island on the Maine-New Brunswick border. Puffins spend most of their life at sea. But from April to August, they return to the breeding colony where ...