The day dawned gray, overcast and raw and we dressed warmly, anticipating a cold ride. The boat left promptly at 10am and we headed to the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve. The Reserve is home to innumerable nesting seabirds, murres,cormorants, kittiwakes, storm petrels and most importantly an estimated 260,000 pairs of puffins… the largest Atlantic puffin colony in North America. 260,000 pairs! That’s over half a million puffins!