How a Puffin Eats Lunch
If you’re feeling hungry, head over to the Puffin Loafing Ledge for a little fresh fish.
Puffins mostly eat small fish. Herring and hake are favorite foods for Atlantic Puffins in Maine; in Newfoundland their favorite food is capelin. Puffins usually carry 6-10 fish per trip back to their burrow, but the record is a whopping 62 fish at once!
Want to help Project Puffin’s team of island researchers? Take a snapshot between 10-10:30 am and 6-6:30 pm Eastern Time and share your observations. Catch them on the Live Cam here!
(Thanks to Cam Op Sheri Cochran for the great capture!)
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