Puffins. Photo courtesy of T.Müller via Wikipedia
Puffins are slow to take to flight because of their body mass, so the bird's presence led Lynn Miller, co-founder of Le Nichoir, a rehabilitation center for wild birds, to speculate the bird arrived far west of its home turf aboard a ship.
"Puffins have been known to fly towards light and if a ship was coming through Newfoundland with the lights on, there's how he crashed onto the deck," Miller said.
A volunteer has kept the yearling bird in a bathtub of cold water, the Post said.
Air Canada has agreed to fly the puffin back to St. John's and the Canadian coast guard has volunteered to help relocate the bird to one of the shoreline puffin colonies, the newspaper said.
