Featured Species
Common terns have a gray back; wings are gray above lighter below, with dark tip; white belly; black cap; reddish/orange bill with black tip; in flight their wings appear centered on the body. The terns are small, slender seabird with long, pointed wings and straight pointed bill; plunge dive for fish or skim fish from surface; generally lay eggs in shallow depression in vegetation or cobble; migrate south for winter along the coast of Brazil and Argentina.
Artic terns Maine threatened species; have a gray back; wings look white from below with small dark tips; black cap; short red bill; in flight their wings appear close to the head. The terns are small, slender seabird with long, pointed wings and straight pointed bill; plunge dive for fish or skim fish from surface; generally lay eggs in shallow depression in short vegetation or cobble; winter along the icepack of the Antarctic, and complete annual migrations that exceed 42,000 miles.
The Atlantic puffin, also known as the common puffin, is a species of seabird in the auk family. It is the only puffin native to the Atlantic Ocean and reach its southern breeding distribution in Maine. Atlantic puffins nest in burrows on rocky islands with short or no vegetation. They spend the rest of the year bobbing on the ocean and diving after small fish.
