Machias Seal Island is tiny speck of land isolated out in the Bay of Fundy. Host to the most important puffin colony south of Newfoundland, Machias Seal Island also happens to be a piece of land that both Canada and the U.S. claim as their own. Research on puffins and other seabirds has taken place uninterrupted on Machias Seal Island for the last 26 years. Tern concernsBoth Arctic terns and common terns had been using Machias Seal Island as a breeding ground for at least 150 years. Arctic terns, like this one seen on Machias Seal Island in 2017, had been returning to the island after their large-scale disappearance around 2006.

Source: CBC News August 04, 2020 09:22 UTC