Project Puffin : Report From Outer Green Island

Sometimes the terns just push you to the edge

When she needs somewhere to think Island Supervisor Catherine Pham knows just where to go.

Outer Green Island is a place where jagged and craggy edges of rock drop straight off into the ocean. Here the sharp calls of the tern colony can be drowned out by the roiling saltwater.

These remote Maine Islands are dramatic examples of convergence of elements. Ocean, sky, weather, birds in flight— even though many of the islands are small, it is easy to think big around here.

Photo Courtesy of Kaitlyn Nafziger