Maine
How researchers restored a thriving habitat for Atlantic puffins in Maine
Miles O’Brien:
To further entice them, they deployed decoys, mirrors, and amplified recordings of puffins. It still took four years for the first adult puffin to return and another four years before nesting pairs began breeding here.
Fifty years later, hundreds of puffins take a summer break from life at sea to mate and rear their chicks on Eastern Egg. No longer any need for Canadian imports. I sat in a blind with Steve and Don, a front-row seat to a spectacular performance as puffin parents arrived with beaks full of fish for their hungry chicks.
But each delivery came with risk. With every landing, they had to dodge their nemeses, the ever watchful laughing gulls, eager to snatch their catch before it reached the nest.
The Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition says over the past two weeks its immigrant defense hotline has seen an uptick in reported ICE detentions.
They say this corresponds with a national shift in ICE activity, including bids for local businesses to cooperate with ICE.
In Maine, the arrests follow a broader trend of targeting Black and brown immigrants, including people navigating immigration proceedings.
The coalition, which represents more than 100 organizations, says it’s ready to protect civil and human rights and is urging immigrants to prepare themselves and their families.
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They suggest having the defense hotline ready in case you witness ICE activity, making sure you have important personal documents in case of detention, and reviewing rights around judicial warrants in private spaces, like your home or workplace.
It wouldn’t be Mother’s Day without a stop at the florist.
According to Fox Business, about 154 million flowers are sold during the week of Mother’s Day. So it’s safe to say it was a busy day for stores like Estabrook’s Maine Garden Center and Nursery.
Plenty of families stopped by to pick out flowers on Sunday, looking to choose the perfect bouquet for their moms.
“I think Mother’s Day is tradition, you know, and so it’s great to see families here. We have a lot of new families that have come today for the first time with their young children and their mother. Watching the young kids and seeing how excited they are—their eyes light up at all the beautiful flowers,” Tom Estabrook, president of Estabrook’s, said.
Estabrook says Mother’s Day tends to be a great kickoff to the spring season.
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