PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • August 3, 2022
A bird rarely seen in Maine has been sighted off the coast, according to a pair of birding experts. The tufted puffin was sighted by seabird biologists in June on Petit Manan, an island 2.5 miles off the coast of Steuben in Washington County, according to a Natural Resources Council of Maine blog. The bird was then sighted on Machias Seal Island, about 10 miles off Cutler. The last sighting took place in July in Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge about 21 miles off Rockland. Jeff and Allison Wells wrote about the sightings in their blog posted on NRCM’s Facebook page.