Comical Puffins

The Clown of the Ocean

Amazing facts about the Puffin........

*The Tufted Puffin nests mostly in deep burrows that it digs into cliff edges and slopes. These burrows can be more than 1.5 meters (5 feet) deep.
They can capture and hold multiple small fish crosswise in its bill, routinely 5 to 20 fish at a time, for delivery to chicks at the nest. Adults eat their own food while still under water.

A year in the life of an Atlantic Puffin

A Puffin's Year

by: Katherine Zecca

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Through the story of one puffling's first year, this handsome picture book brings close the amazing facts about Atlantic puffins. The clear text and bright, textured mixed-media art tell how two puffins come in from the sea, mate on an island, and burrow underground to prepare their nest for their single egg. They take turns keeping the egg warm, and when it hatches 41 days later, they raise their chick, feed him live fish, and then watch him leave and fly out with the other pufflings into the big ocean world. Then there is the amazing fact that two or three years later, he will return to the island and continue the cycle. Caught by the exciting science, many young readers will heed the appended conservation call by a National Audubon Society director to keep the oceans safe from spills and global warming.

"Puffins walk. Puffins squawk. Penguins brawl. Penguins call."

Puffins Climb, Penguins Rhyme

by: Bruce McMillan

Amazon Price: $6.00 (as of 07/06/2009)
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Master photo-essayist McMillan finds fetching fun in a few feathered friends as he pairs likenesses of two avian species with rhyming, two-word captions. Inhabiting literally opposite ends of the earth, puffins (from the North Polar region) and penguins (native to Antarctica) share an endearing gawkiness, and McMillan's unadorned, crystalline photographs capture surprising humor and personality in the simplest of situations.

Plush Puffin

Plush Puffin 11"

Amazon Price: $13.98 (as of 07/06/2009)

Manufacturer Recommended Age: 18 months and up

A Parent's Choice Award Winner --Parent's Choice Awards

Puffin's Homecoming: The Story of an Atlantic Puffin (Smithsonian Wild Heritage Collection)

by: Darice Bailer

Amazon Price: $4.95 (as of 07/06/2009)

An Atlantic puffin and his mate meet annually on a high bluff of an island off the coast of Maine. Puffin's mate bears a single egg from which s hatchling is nurtured to maturity.

Puffin Link List

Puffins in Alaska: Two species live in Alaskan waters: the Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) and the Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata).

Puffin videos

Cap'n Fish's Puffin Cruise mainepuffin.com

Spectacular Puffin video taken during the Cap'n Fish Puffin Cruise, Boothbay Harbor, Maine june thru late august.VISIT www.puffin.com,OR CALL 800-636-3244 FOR INFO

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The Treshnish Isles is an archipelago of small islands and skerries, lying west of Mull, in Scotland

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Puffins on Treshnish

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Atlantic Puffin

The Atlantic Puffin (''''') is a seabird species in the auk family. It is a pelagic bird that feeds primarily by diving for fish, but also eats other sea creatures, such as squid and crustaceans. Its most obvious characteristic is its brightly coloured beak during the breeding seasons. Also known as the Common Puffin, it is the only puffin species which is found in the Atlantic Ocean. The curious appearance of the bird, with its colourful huge bill and its striking piebald plumage, has given rise to nicknames such as "clown of the ocean" and "sea parrot"'.

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Atlantic Puffin, Group, Iceland

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Plush Atlantic Puffin

Plush Kenny Atlantic Puffin 7"

Amazon Price: $8.99 (as of 07/06/2009)

* Atlantic Puffin made with soft kohair material
* Puffin measures 7.5" tall

Horned Puffin

The Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) is an auk, similar in appearance to the Atlantic Puffin; this bird's bill is yellow at the base and red at the tip. It is a pelagic seabird that feeds primarily by diving for fish. It nests in colonies, often with other auks.

The yellow bill plate grows before the breeding season and is shed later. They have a small fleshy black "horn" above their eyes. They have a white face with a dark line extending from the back of the eye and red feet.

This species breeds on rocky islands off the coasts of Siberia, Alaska and British Columbia, in burrows, in rocky cavities or among rocks. It winters far out to sea. Feeding areas are usually located fairly far offshore from the nest. There is usually one chick and both parents feed the young.

Horned Puffins will return from hunting with several small fish in their beaks. They also eat squid and crustaceans.

The population of these birds has declined due to the introduction of rats onto some islands used for nesting.

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Horned Puffins, St. Paul Island, Alaska, USA

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Tufted Puffin Art Print

A tufted puffin in its summer breeding plumage Subject Framed Art Poster Print by Joel Sartore, 29x21

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* Framed Art Print Title: A tufted puffin in its summer breeding plumage
* Artist: Joel Sartore
* Size: 29 x 21 inches
* Frame: Black Box Stem (3/4")

Tufted Puffin

The Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) is a relatively abundant medium-sized pelagic seabird in the auk (Alcidae) family found throughout the North Pacific Ocean.

It is one of three species of puffin that comprise the Fratercula genus and is easily recognizable by its thick red bill and yellow tufts.

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