"Wrentham and Plainville Animal Control received a report of an injured bird in a residential area on Sunday afternoon. "At first, we weren't quite sure what type of bird it was, but it was clear it didn't belong here! After being evaluated by the rehab team, it was confirmed that this mystery visitor was a puffin - a true seabird usually found far from our area!" animal control wrote on Facebook."
"The puffin is a juvenile and was likely blown off-course by recent oceanic storms, Shieda Soleimani - the executive director of the facility, Congress of the Birds, where the puffin is recovering - wrote on Facebook. Soleimani joked, "He somehow crash-landed in the distant land of Rhode Island, where he's probably hearing whispers of coffee milk and 'bubblers' for the first time.""
A juvenile Atlantic puffin was found injured in a Wrentham residential area and transported to a Rhode Island rehabilitation facility. Animal control personnel confirmed the bird's species after evaluation by the rehab team. The puffin was likely blown off-course by recent oceanic storms and is recovering at Congress of the Birds under the care of executive director Shieda Soleimani. Soleimani noted the bird was holding its own despite roughed-up feathers but cautioned that recovery remains uncertain because stress from the journey could be fatal. If recovery succeeds, the puffin will be released off the coast of Maine near its natural habitat.
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