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Atlantic puffin rescued from New England backyard is returned to sea

This article originally published at Atlantic puffin rescued from New England backyard is returned to sea. Firefighters were ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Disappearing Puffins Bring an Icelandic Hunting Tradition Under Scrutiny

As his ancestors have done for generations, Icelander Árni Hilmarsson catches an Atlantic puffin in a net called a háfur. Photo by Carsten Egevang/atlanticseabirds.info This article is from Hakai ...
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It's 'throw a baby puffin off a cliff' season in Iceland

Eva Berglind Guðmundsdóttir, 8; Jón Bjarki Eiríksson, 12; Íris Dröfn Guðmundsdóttir, 11; and Anton Ingi Eiríksson, 14 throw four baby puffins off a cliff in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. It’s 1:15 a.m. in ...
Down East Magazine

Project Puffin at 50: A Success Story, But Still Fragile

Atlantic puffins in Maine represent a globally recognized victory in wildlife conservation — and they offer a poignant warning about climate change in New England. Indisputably one of the cutest birds ...

Chepachet wildlife rehab center rescues puffin far from home

A young puffin is resting at a Chepachet wildlife rehabilitation center after he was found in Wrentham on Sunday.Congress of the Birds Wildlife Rehabilitation Center Founder and Executive Director ...