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Photo by @BrianSkerry An Atlantic Puffin bringing its chick a butterfish, on an island in the Gulf of Maine. The fish species that puffins usually bring their chicks are herring, hake and sand lance, which are slender-bodied and are easily eaten by the chicks. But due to climate change and warming seawater temperatures, these typical fish species are often scarce. Butterfish, are a wide-bodied subtropical species that the young have trouble swallowing, and are being seen more commonly in recent years. Nesting burrows can be littered with uneaten fish and chicks can sometimes starve, even though their parents have brought them plenty to eat. From my latest story in @natgeo - link in my profile. With great reporting and writing from James Prosek and video from @stevedeneef #GulfOfMaine #climatechange #puffins #seabirds #nikonnofilter