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December 22, 2011November 4, 2021

Update January 10 2012: The puffin has been released in the Grand Banks region near other puffins.

A rehab center just outside of Montreal has been in the news recently, due to an unusual visitor, an immature Atlantic puffin a long way from home.

Sue Wylie, IWRC board member, instructor, and executive director of Le Nichoir, and her volunteers set up a habitat for the juvenille puffin in a bath tub.
The set up included a mesh pull out. A good place for the bird to get out of the water while protecting his feet. Photo: Lindsay D'Aoust
The puffin was fed a diet of smelt, a fish species that wouldn't cause problems with the bird's waterproofing. Photo: Lindsay D'Aoust
After a week of phone calls, Sue had set up a flight to Newfoundland for the puffin via AirCanada. Photo: Lindsay D'Aoust
Early December 22nd the bird was on a commercial flight, with a Newfoundland rehabilitator waiting on the other side. Photo: Lindsay D'Aoust

 

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