1: Number of puffin pairs living south of the Canadian border in 1902
150: Approximate number of pairs now living on Matinicus Rock off the Maine coast
3,000: Approximate number of pairs living on Machias Seal Island
14 million: Number of puffins from Maine to Norway
Sources: puffinproject.org; mainebirding.net/puffin
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