A tufted puffin preens itself at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, Ore., in this undated file photo.

Oregon researchers look to fill gaps in understanding tufted puffins

Tufted puffin populations are in decline on the Oregon Coast. Last summer, the colony count was the lowest it had ever been since U.S. Fish and Wildlife began monitoring.

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