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Trail Cameras Show Baby Puffin Breeds on Lighthouse Island

8/16/2026

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Trail cameras on Lighthouse Island captured footage of a baby puffin bred on the Copeland Islands.
The puffin introduction scheme, launched in 2013, now supports about 30 breeding pairs on the uninhabited island.
Puffins arrive on Lighthouse Island each April.
Trail cameras last month filmed a young puffling leaving its burrow while an adult brought fish.
Attraction efforts used fake decoy puffins and a solar-powered speaker broadcasting puffin calls.

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Trail cameras on Lighthouse Island captured footage of a baby puffin bred on the Copeland Islands.
The puffin introduction scheme, launched in 2013, now supports about 30 breeding pairs on the uninhabited island.
Puffins arrive on Lighthouse Island each April.
Trail cameras last month filmed a young puffling leaving its burrow while an adult brought fish.
Attraction efforts used fake decoy puffins and a solar-powered speaker broadcasting puffin calls.