Last summer the mid-coast of Maine saw its biggest Atlantic Puffin boom in decades. Colony numbers were up on all three of the area islands that 福利姬视频 manages: On Eastern Egg Rock, breeding pairs rose to 172 from 150 the previous year, and on Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge and Matinicus Rock, fledging success rates hit 80 and 86 percent, respectively. So, when this breeding season came around, seabird scientists were hoping for another above-average year. What they've found, however, is that even with a good hatch (Eastern Egg Rock alone has 178 active nests), puffin parents are struggling to raise their chicks. Young birds on Seal Island and Matinicus Rock are taking nearly 50 percent longer to fledge due to a shortage of prey, likely stemming from a nearly two-degree increase in sea-surface temperatures around these remote islands. The effects have been visible to the world through Grace, the star puffling of the Seal Island live burrow cam. She and her...