Location:  This 3-acre island in Casco Bay is located 1 1/2 miles off Cundy's Harbor, Cumberland County.  (Approx. 1 hour drive south of Bremen.)  Jenny Island is owned by the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife and is managed by National Audubon Society and Maine Audubon Society.

Access:  Qualified research staff provide their own transport from the mainland by motorized Avon docking at Cundy's Harbor.  When all staff are on the island, the Avon stays at the island tied to a mooring buoy.  Island staff are responsible for securing their own supplies and groceries as needed when no one is scheduled to arrive from the Audubon base camp in Bremen. Use of personal vehicles is necessary. NAS has fuel accounts at vendors in Brunswick. 

Accommodations:  A large tent accommodates the island supervisor and the research equipment.  The "kitchen" boasts a propane camp stove.  Volunteers and interns must bring their own tent, sleeping bag and ground pad.  The occasional shower may be taken at the Tupper residence in Cundy's Harbor. There is no toilet on the island.

Duties:  The Island supervisors will outline the specific projects underway when you arrive on the island.  Duties may include: daily bird counts, 3-hour blind observation stints, bird banding and censusing.  Public interaction may include restricting visitor access to sensitive nesting areas.

Wildlife:  A Common Tern colony with some Roseate Terns predominates.  Nearby islands host herons, gulls and cormorants.  Occasionally a Great Horned Owl will appear to feed on terns.

Study Projects:  Monitor a restored tern colony; tern chick feeding study; measure tern productivity and tern chick growth; study the effects of weather on foraging success; daily bird census.

General information for research assistants and volunteers
 
 
 

For General Information and Questions: puffin@audubon.org

Mailing Address: Project Puffin 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, New York 14850 (607)257-7308