The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica), also known as the common puffin, is a species of seabird in the aukfamily. It is the only puffin native to the Atlantic Ocean; two related species, the tufted puffin and the horned puffin, are found in the northeastern Pacific. The Atlantic puffin breeds in Iceland, Norway, Greenland, Newfoundland and many North Atlantic islands, and as far south as Maine in the west and the British Isles in the east. With a large population and a wide range, the species is not considered to be endangered, although there may be local declines in numbers. On land, it has the typical upright stance of an auk. At sea, it swims on the surface and feeds mainly on small fish, which it catches by diving underwater, using its wings for propulsion.
This puffin has a black crown and back, pale grey cheek patches and white underparts. Its broad, boldly marked red and black beak and orange legs contrast with its plumage. It moults while at sea in the winter and some of the bright-coloured facial characteristics are lost. The external appearance of the adult male and female are identical except that the male is usually slightly larger. The juvenile has similar plumage but its cheek patches are dark grey. The juvenile does not have brightly coloured head ornamentation, its bill is less broad and is dark-grey with a yellowish-brown tip, and its legs and feet are also dark. Puffins from northern populations are typically larger than their counterparts in southern parts of the range. It is generally considered that these populations are different subspecies.
This is the week I make my New Year’s resolutions. I will start breaking them next week. Or maybe not. In 2025, I resolve to see more new birds. Feel free to make that your resolution, too ...Twelve tour boats serve Maine’s Atlantic puffin nesting islands.
Shaw’sFish and Lobster Wharf in New Harbor is on the market ... 6. It is listed at $3,375,000 ... The commercial vessel also provides tours of local wildlife, including of Eastern Egg Rock, the southern-most colony of the Atlantic puffin ... ....
The nearly 4-month-old male seabird joined the zoo’s “PolarZone” exhibit alongside 11 adult Atlantic puffins, as well as seals and penguins, after finally growing big enough to swoop into the group, officials said.
Who doesn’t like whales? Birders may be more interested in the company’s puffin trips ... The first stop for the 6.5-hour tour was the Atlantic puffin colony on Petit Manan ... I really love the Acadia Puffin Cruise.
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Up here in the NorthAtlanticOcean, they also drop by at their local helipad, hop on a chopper and, after a few dizzying minutes whizzing above the dramatic scenery of its 18 islands, get put down at their destination.
This story was originally published in March 2019 ... Then there was the time I visited Eastern Egg Rock, an island covered with nesting puffins, and the boat ride during which I found myself surrounded by a pod of Atlantic white-sided dolphins ... Credit.
I’ve joined the 12-passenger BlueClipper on a mission to sail to St Kilda, one of the most remote and inaccessible Scottish archipelagos, 45 miles west of the Outer Hebrides in the wild Atlantic... Puffins populate on the tiny island of Canna.
Our friends Cindy and Patte Grimes ventured out on the NewburyportWhaleWatch boat last Sunday and saw an Atlantic puffin! (Cindy makes our catbird suet out of her home in Vermont and Patte is a popular pet sitter in ... .
MerlinBird sounds app identifies birds by their song. Identify any bird with this Cornell University-developed app ... It was competing with Atlantic puffins, gyrfalcons, red-throated loons and many other seemingly more spectacular boreal species.
Participants watched hundreds of northern gannets ... More than 100 each of Atlantic puffins, Wilson’s storm-petrels and red-necked phalaropes made the list, along with an unusually high number of lesser black-backed gulls ... Credit ... So do the birds ... Capt.
1 ... 2 ... 3 ... An Atlantic puffin in Iceland’s Westfjords (Getty Images) ... The bird cliffs at Latrabjarg are spectacular, teeming with puffins, guillemots, northern gannets and razorbills, while Raudasandur (Red Sands) beach is the perfect place to spot seals ... .
This string of islands in the NorthAtlantic is home to nearly 30 species of seabird and hosts large portions of their total populations ... Atlantic puffins remain on the red list, but will benefit from a sandeel fishing ban.
From a bird blind on Seal Island, puffins zoomed in from the sea with a rainbow of fish drooping from their beaks ... Seal Island, which sits 21 miles off Rockland, was once home to the largest Atlantic puffin colony in the Gulf of Maine.
