“And some of them are still running away from Trump - that is still benefitting us - but the big one this year was definitely Canada 150, the parks being free.” “We actually ask tourists every tour, ‘What made you come to Cape Breton this year? Why this year?’ and the most common answer is the Canada 150,” he said. Van Schaick, who serves as first mate and captain on the tours, credited two factors with the bump in numbers - free admission to Parks Canada sites as part of the country’s 150th birthday, and Donald Trump’s ascent to the White House. That’s 851 more than last season and a 48 per cent jump from the 2,597 people the tour had averaged each of the previous five years. Ian Van Schaick said they took 3,679 people to Hertford and Ciboux islands (known collectively as Bird Islands) off Big Bras d'Or where the stout little seabirds with their penguin-like black-and-white markings and broad, colourful beaks nest each year. This season, Bird Island Boat Tours saw a 30 per cent increase in the number of people who boarded their 37-foot Cape Islander the Puffin Express this season. So they now play together, In all sorts of weather, And the Puffins eat pancakes, Like you and like me.More people are flocking to Cape Breton to see Atlantic puffins than ever before. Then along came another, to his surprise and glee, and he was relieved from all bother, as they fast became best friends, you see.
So he sat on his island, And he cried for awhile, and He felt very lonely, And he felt very small. He ate little fishes, That were most delicious, And he had them for supper And he had them for tea.īut this poor little Puffin, He couldn’t play nothin’, For he hadn’t anybody To play with at all. Oh, there once was a Puffin Just the shape of a muffin, And he lived on an island In the bright blue sea! The pair of taxidermic puffins (fratercula arctica) each standing on a naturalistic rocky outcrop bases surviving preserved from the middle section of the twentieth century in good overall condition.
Puffin #2: 9” high x 7” deep on a 4” base
Puffin #1: 9.5” high x 7” deep on a 4” base
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