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 | Jun 12, 2012 | Atlantic Puffin, Hatchlings, Puffin Cam, puffin chicks, Puffin eggs, Puffin Nests, Puffins, Puffling
This little puffling we’ve been watching on the puffincam at Shetland Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve hatched. Soooooooooooooooooo cute! You can watch as this little puffling grows and ventures out. Just go visit the puffincam here. And to read more about this...
by Magpie | Apr 17, 2011 | Atlantic Puffin, Puffin Nests, Puffins
On Ramsey Island, they are trying something a little quirky to lure puffins back. They have placed hundreds of puffin decoys to trick the sea clowns to the island. If they work, the puffins will find burrows and nests built just for them by these puffin...
by Magpie | Aug 11, 2010 | puffin chicks, Puffin eggs, Puffin Nests
This is a hatched puffin egg. The beauty of it is mostly in tact. A beautiful speckled puffin egg: Both parents take care of the puffin eggs. The male puffins build a nest for the female. Then the female lays generally 1 single egg. Puffin parents are very protective...