by Puffinpalooza | Oct 4, 2016 | Atlantic Puffin, Interesting Information about Puffins, Puffin Pictures, Puffin Stuff
A group of puffins can be referred to as: a burrow of puffins a circus of puffins (as they are the clowns of the sea!) a colony of puffins an improbability of puffins a loomery of puffins a puffinry of puffins Do you have a...
by Puffinpalooza | Jun 3, 2015 | Atlantic Puffin, Horned Puffins, Interesting Information about Puffins, Puffin Pictures, Puffin Stuff, Puffins, Rhinoceros Auklet, Teacher Resources, Tufted Puffin
I made an updated visual chart to show the size difference between the four types of puffins (Tufted puffins, Horned puffins, Rhinoceros auklets and Atlantic puffins). Atlantic Puffins are tiniest at about 10 to 11 1/2 inches (25-29 cm) Rhinoceros Auklets are about 14...
by Puffling | May 1, 2014 | Poems, Poems about puffins, puffin poem, Puffin Poems, Puffins
Our friend, Andrew McLeod sent us his new puffin poem, thanks Andrew! A Very Grand Affair Mr. Puffin’s wedding Was a very grand affair. All his distant cousins From the Hebrides were there. Dressed in silk tuxedos They arrived in single file, Looking rather nervous As...
by Puffinpalooza | Mar 8, 2013 | Poems, Puffin Stuff
The lovely lady who wrote There Once Was A Puffin, Florence Page Jaques, also wrote a fun poem titled, A Goblinade, and I thought it worth sharing with all of you fans of her work. A Goblinade by Florence Page Jaques A green hobgoblin, Small but quick, Went out...
by Puffinpalooza | Mar 7, 2013 | Poems, Poems about puffins, puffin books, puffin poem, Puffin Poems, Puffin Stuff
One of the readers favorite post has been the poem, There Once Was A Puffin by Florence Page Jaques and I have been determined to get a copy of the original printing of this poem. I have not gotten a hold of the very first printing in Child Life magazine, yet, because...
by Puffling | Feb 24, 2013 | Interesting Information about Puffins, Puffin Art, Puffin Pictures, Puffin Stuff, Puffins
I came across this beautiful antique puffin print on Amazon. It is from 1895. The ad reads: Caption below print: ‘Common puffin’ Condition: Good; suitable for framing. Size: 9.5 x 7.0cm, 3.75 x 2.75 inches (Small) Type & Age: Year printed 1895. Antique...