Author: PETER BAKER/ecoRI News contributor

  • Puffins in New England

    I can’t help but smile when I see a puffin, and I know I’m not alone. Thousands of people board tour boats each summer in Maine to get a glimpse of these charming seabirds with their tuxedo plumage and rainbow beaks. But what’s in those beaks is serious business. The forage fish that puffin parents…