The inspiring story of a young ornithologist who reintroduced puffins where none had been seen for a century Project Puffin is the inspiring story of how a beloved seabird was restored to long-abandoned nesting colonies off the Maine coast. As a young ornithology instructor at the Hog Island Audubon Camp, Dr. Stephen W. Kress learned that puffins had nested on nearby islands until extirpated by hunters in the late 1800s. To right this environmental wrong, he resolved to bring puffins back to one such island—Eastern Egg Rock. Yet bringing the plan to reality meant convincing skeptics, finding resources, and inventing restoration methods at a time when many believed in “letting nature take its course.” Today, Project Puffin has restored more than 1,000 puffin pairs to three Maine islands. But even more exciting, techniques developed during the project have helped to restore rare and endangered seabirds worldwide. Further, reestablished puffins now serve as a window into the effects of global warming. The success of Dr. Kress’s project offers hope that people can restore lost wildlife populations and the habitats that support them. The need for such inspiration has never been greater.

Project Puffin: The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird Back to Egg Rock

History

Kress, Stephen W.

Jackson, Derrick Z.

Americas

Yale University Press

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Recommends the trees, shrubs, flowers, and landscaping that appeals to birds and explains how to build birdhouses and feeders

The Audubon Society Guide to Attracting Birds

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

Scribner

From the National Audubon Society comes a richly illustrated handbook of bird identification that provides helpful tips on the art of birdwatching, closeup illustrations, locator maps, birding etiquette, essential equipment, and tips on the best ways to attract, feed, and observe various bird species in one's own backyard.

National Audubon Society North American Birdfeeder Guide

BURTON, Robert

Project Puffin: How We Brought Puffins Back to Egg Rock

Details a wildlife scientist's successful efforts to restore puffin colonies in Maine

Children's Books

NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY

Salmansohn, Pete

Animals

Tilbury House Pub

* An Audubon Book * * Notable Books for Children, Smithsonian * * CBC/NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book *
Atlantic puffins are an important part of the web of life in the North Atlantic, but these charming, comical seabirds had become rare in Maine due to human activity and were in danger of disappearing completely. This remarkable book chronicles the efforts of biologist Steven Kress to rejuvenate a once-flourishing puffin colony on Egg Rock, an island off the Maine coast, with puffin chicks from Newfoundland. With their large, colorful beaks, their upright posture, and their big, dark eyes, it's easy to see why puffins are popular all over the world. But for the past hundred years, puffins along the coast of Maine have been threatened with local extinction. Biologist Stephen Kress decided to try to bring puffins back to Maine with an experiment that had never been attempted before. Stunning color photographs on every page capture each step of this wildlife success story. As you learn about The Puffin Project, you'll also learn all about puffins how they are so wonderfully adapted to their ocean environment, how they catch fish, socialize, nest in burrows, and raise their young. Color throughout

Tilbury House

With their large, colorful beaks, their upright posture, and their big, dark eyes, it's easy to see why puffins are popular all over the world. But for the past hundred years, puffins along the coast of Maine have been threatened with local extinction. Biologist Stephen Kress decided to try to bring puffins back to Maine with an experiment that had never been attempted before. Stunning color photographs on every page capture each step of this wildlife success story. As you learn about The Puffin Project, you'll also learn all about puffins--how they are so wonderfully adapted to their ocean environment, how they catch fish, socialize, nest in burrows, and raise their young. The teacher's guide offers more than 40 creative, hands-on activities, an annotated bibliography, and Internet resources.

Giving Back to the Earth: A Teacher's Guide to Project Puffin and Other Seabird Studies Around the World

Nature & Ecology

Saving Birds: Heroes Around the World

* An Editors' Choice Audubon Book * * John Burroughs List * * Outstanding Science Children’s Trade Book―CBC/NSTA; Best Book―Science Books and Films * * Best Children’s Books for the Year―Bank Street College of Education *
Can people save black robins from extinction in New Zealand? Will puppet shows and posters in the rainforests of Mexico protect the colorful quetzal? Can painted turkey feathers keep hornbills from being wiped out in Malaysia? Will decoys and sound recordings fool a handsome seabird into nesting again on Devil’s Slide Rock off the coast of California? There are many kinds of heroes in our world. In these six multicultural stories you'll learn about young people and grownups fighting against the odds to save wild birds -- and about the birds themselves, some on the brink of extinction. color photography

Tilbury House, Publishers

This full-color, authoritative look at the behavior and biology of birds is packed with information on:
- How birds fly, migrate, nest, sing, raise their young, and more
- Ways to observe birds as they go about their daily lives
- How to attract and care for backyard birds
A perfect complement to identification guides, this Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press is destined to become a staple in the library of every bird lover and student.

Bird Life (A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press)

Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press

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Books by Kress, Stephen W.

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Project Puffin: The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird Back to Egg Rock

Project Puffin: The Improbable Quest to Bring a Beloved Seabird Back to Egg Rock

The Audubon Society Guide to Attracting Birds

National Audubon Society North American Birdfeeder Guide

Project Puffin: How We Brought Puffins Back to Egg Rock

Project Puffin: How We Brought Puffins Back to Egg Rock

Giving Back to the Earth: A Teacher's Guide to Project Puffin and Other Seabird Studies Around the World

Saving Birds: Heroes Around the World

Bird Life (A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press)