by Puffinpalooza | Mar 2, 2013 | Atlantic Puffin, Fratercula cirrhata, Fratercula corniculata, Fratercula dowi, Hatchlings, Horned Puffins, Interesting Information about Puffins, Puffin Babies, puffin chicks, Puffin Diet, Puffin eggs, Puffin Habits, Puffin history, Puffin Lovers, Puffin Mates, Puffin Measurements, Puffin Nests, Puffin Predators, Puffin Research, Puffins, Puffling, Rhino Auk, Rhino Auklet, Rhinoceros Auklet, Tufted Puffin, Types of Puffins
PUFFINS, AUKS and MURRES. Family ALCIDÆ NEST AND EGGS OF PIED-BILLED GREBE.Puffins, Auks and Murres are all sea birds and are only found inland when blown there by some severe storm of winter. At this season numbers of them are apt to lose their bearings and may...
by Puffling | Feb 12, 2009 | Puffin Habits, Puffin Mates, Puffin Measurements, Puffin Stuff, Puffins, Puffling, Rhino Auk, Rhino Auklet, Rhinoceros Auklet
Rhinocerus Auklet, photo: Alan Burger Originally uploaded by BC Breeding Bird Atlas The Rhinoceros Auklet, Cerorhinca monocerata, is a seabird considered, despite its name, a close relative of the puffins. It is the only living species of the genus Cerorhinca. Given...
by Magpie | Oct 27, 2008 | Puffin Measurements
You just can’t know how tiny a puffin is until you see one… puffins are approximately ten inches full grown. TEN INCHES! And they weigh about a can of coke. How adorable. I wanted you to see just how big (or small) ten inches. This graphic should be...