Breeding Eggs Puffins 
10,000 Birds
MAY 30, 2017
When Daisy started talking about a family trip to Maine for the long Memorial Day Weekend I had one thing on my mind: puffins! Atlantic Puffins are easier to see, and see well, in Maine than anywhere else in the United States. Eastern Egg Rock is a tiny, rocky island well within site of the Maine-land.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 8, 2024
We have around two thirds of the world population of Gannets, along with internationally important numbers of Guillemots, Puffins, Razorbills, Kittiwakes and Fulmars. Though Gannets may be the birds that demand your attention, the supporting cast of Guillemots, Razorbills, Puffins, Fulmars and Kittiwakes are equally fascinating.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 7, 2024
You might be expecting me to start writing about the amazing colonies of Northern Gannets Morus bassanus or Atlantic Puffins Fratercula arctica , among others. But no, my story today is about the birds that come in to breed on the heather moorland which dominates the high ground. Never a better time to see them in full breeding dress.
10,000 Birds
MAY 26, 2024
Birders flock to this haven, as it is a sanctuary for over 150,000 breeding Northern Gannets , making it the world’s largest colony. The island is teeming with so many birds that their eggs and young chicks were once harvested for food. All are at eye level, as the island is less than 150 feet high.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 16, 2015
On our first morning after breakfast, my group and the teens piled onto a boat and headed out to Eastern Egg Rock, once again the breeding ground for Atlantic Puffins (as well as a host of other seabirds) thanks to biologist Dr. Stephen Kress. What was it like?” I asked one of the teens, when eventually they rejoined us.
10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2012
A few families have a small number of eggs in the clutches, like gulls or cormorants. Others, like the petrels and some of the auks, will lay a single egg per breeding attempt. The investment placed in each clutch bur seabirds is so great that only one breeding attempt can be seen to completion each year.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2016
Having shown us the bird, the boat, and the water, Fox then introduces herself: “Albatrosses, petrels, fulmars, puffins and gulls live out their lives along these transect lines; my job is to count them all.”. Northern Fulmar, image courtesy of Peter Hodum. ” There are amazing stories here.
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