Environmental

Audubon Scientists Uncover Winter Home of Maine Atlantic Puffins

Formerly Unknown Migration Revealed in Gulf of St. Lawrence and U.S. Continental Shelf

Atlantic Puffin on deep ocean waters. Photo: Stephen W. Kress

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–February 16, 2016.  New findings recently announced by the National Audubon Society at the Pacific Seabird Group convention in Oahu, Hawaii reveal the first-ever mapped winter grounds of the Maine-breeding  Atlantic Puffin, a species of conservation concern. Long a mystery, geolocation data helped discover surprising winter pathways and migration timing for…

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