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Baby Expected Any Day June 26, 2013
Peek into the puffin burrow where nesting is underway. Both parents are now incubating the single egg and it's expected to hatch any day. Incubation lasts for 39-43 days, about six weeks. The exact date this year's egg was laid is not known, but experts predict it to hatch sometime this week.

Atlantic Puffins spend most of their time at sea — coming to land each spring to nest in colonies on northern seacoasts and rocky islands. Maine's Seal Island is home to about 500 colorful pigeon-sized puffins.

The Atlantic Puffin is the only species of puffin found on the Atlantic coast. Puffins over-winter from August to early April on the open ocean far from land. They only come to land during the breeding season. The rest of the year puffins spend flying, swimming or riding the ocean surface, regardless of weather.

How do puffins respond to seasonal change? The images and video captured during the nesting season are your springboard to research and discovery.

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