Date: 6/27/25 10:44 am From: KevinMcG via groups.io <kmcgrath...> Subject: [hmbirds] Puffins!!!
For anyone needing Atlantic Puffin, or just love to see em, the breeding colony at the Petite Manan lighthouse in Frenchman’s Bay, accessible from Bar Harbor, is growing every year. We had a glorious 75 degree and mostly sunny morning on Tuesday for our trip out to the island. We had at least 250 Atlantic Puffin in the water around our boat and along the rocky shore with many close encounters and flybys at less than 30 yards.
In addition to the Puffins, Black Guillemots were abundant, many Razorbill, and a pair of Common Murre were also seen.
There is also a large Mixed Colony of Common and Arctic Tern on the island that also put on a show with numerous flybys of both species at close range. Sadly, none of the Storm Petrals known to be nesting on the island showed themselves.
