With Jenny, Outer Green, and Stratton Island teams making their way to the mainland, only the three puffin islands remain open. The tern colony on Seal Island NWR is nearly empty and Stratton Island terns are beginning to gather on the south side of the island, sure signs the season is coming to a close. Teams will remain deployed on Eastern Egg Rock, Matinicus Rock, and Seal Island for a few weeks longer, only coming to shore for the Gulf of Maine Seabirds Working Group meeting later this week.

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