Jul 13, 1989 / Seal Island National Wildlife refuge outer Penobscot Bay / Atlantic Puffin

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Release date of 1989 reintroduction not known. 200 chicks were collected the morning of July 13th. Weather conditions forced the group to stay overnight with the chicks in a root cellar. All survived the trip to Seal Island. 190 of the 200 successfully fledged. In 1992, 47 of the 190 puffin chicks translocated in 1989 were cited back on Seal Island. 1993 EGG ROCK UPDATE: Between 1984-1989, 912 chicks were fledged and 153 of them returned to Seal Island or one of the other Gulf of Maine puffin colonies. Also, in 1993,30 puffins were observed to be nesting - 19 were translocated as chicks and 11 were local puffins that had joined most likely from Matinicus Rock.
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Jessica Beltran