Newfoundland is an island province of Canada on the eastern edge of North America. It is home to a large number and variety of sea birds. The Witless Bay Ecological Reserve just off the coast has the largest Atlantic Puffin colony in North America with more than 260,000 nesting pairs. At Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve there are over 70,000 sea birds. It is home to 24,000 Northern Gannets.