GLOCESTER, R.I. (WLNE) — A puffin, a unique visitor to Southern New England, was found in Wrentham and made its way to Glocester.

From great horned owls and red-tailed hawks and a starling, Sheida Soleimani has seen just about every bird you can imagine.

Her Rhode Island-based organization, Congress of the Birds, got a call from Wrentham that surprised her.

“A friend of mine who runs a wild bird rehab center a little north of Boston, messaged me late on Saturday night with the photo being like, hey, are you willing to take this? I think it could be a puffin,” Soleimani said said.

She asked for a photo and confirmed it was a young Atlantic puffin.

“Puffins are deep sea birds,” Soleimani said. “They’re oceanic birds. They’re never supposed to be on land. Except for when they’re at their

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