Puffin Stuff 3/23, 6 PM, Bradford Public Library

With its over-sized, brightly-colored bill, the Atlantic Puffin is among the most comical looking of all bird species. Indeed, it has been nicknamed “clown of the sea.” In the late 19th century over-hunting caused the puffin to disappear from the Gulf of Maine. In the 1970s efforts were started to restore puffins to their ancestral nesting islands. Among the several successful programs was one on Machias Seal Island.