Nature Notes: A Maine Naturalist Afield

Host: Glen Mittelhauser
Producers: Glen Mittelhauser, Daaby Tingle
Continuing east from Petit Manan Island, Glen encounters puffins, phalaropes, and numerous Leach’s Storm-Petrels. He describes the burrows where these seabirds nest and the clues that can reveal a petrel colony.
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