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Techniques Pioneered by Audubon for Maine Puffins will Help other Species 3,300 Miles Away

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Heermann's Gull and decoy

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NEW York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2011. Over the last 38 years, techniques developed by Dr. Stephen Kress, Director of Audubon’s Seabird Restoration Program and Project Puffin, have restored breeding Atlantic Puffins and other seabirds to Maine’s coastal islands. Beginning this spring, the innovative approach, which uses decoys, mirrors, and recordings to attract birds to suitable nesting sites,…

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