Atlantic Puffin are one of the iconic birds of Maine, bringing ecotourists from all over the world to visit their colonies - mostly by boat, but a few lucky ones are actually able to land on a breeding island. Maine is at the southern end of the breeding zone, with colonies also found in Russia, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Greenland, Newfoundland, Labrador, Nova Scotia, and the Faroe Islands. However, for as well studied as their breeding behaviours are, we actually know amazingly little about what happens to these birds once they leave their natal islands. Most of their life is spent in a solitary fashion, out on the open ocean away from land. Locating a single bird within the vast seas is an unlikely feat, let alone maintaining the proximity or numbers to be able to study their behaviours. One they leave us in August, their lives are largely a mystery until they return the following June. Even more interestingly, once fledged, the chicks fly into the open ocean with no instruction from the parents, and do not return to land for 4-5 years - at which point they come back to their "home island" -- likely the only solid ground they will have seen since birth.