by Puffling | May 25, 2012 | Interesting Information about Puffins, puffin chicks, Puffin eggs, Puffin Photos, Puffin Pictures, Puffins, Puffling
DID YOU KNOW… that pufflings, like most chicks, have a tiny calcium deposit on the tip of their beaks called the egg tooth? This little hard knot helps the pufflings break open the eggshell. Most birds have an egg tooth and breaking open the eggshell is commonly...
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...
by Puffling | Aug 6, 2010 | Puffin Cam, puffin chicks, Puffin Predators, Puffins, Puffling
TNCWC79., originally uploaded by stonefaction. Caption reads: A baby Puffin about to be released into the outer Firth of Forth between the Isle of May and Anstruther. The bird was attempting to reach the water in the dark last night and got disorientated. The SNH folk...
by Puffinpalooza | Jul 11, 2010 | Atlantic Puffin, Hatchlings, Interesting Information about Puffins, Puffin Conservation, Puffins, Puffling
Little pufflings often get lost when they leave their burrow, city lights confuse them and they don’t always make it out to sea. They wander into towns and could potentially die. So this town has learned how to help these baby puffins make it out to sea…...
by Puffling | Jun 5, 2010 | Puffin Exhibits, Puffins, Puffling
Puffling Originally uploaded by kirsty_halbert The caption reads: Puffins at the RSPB Sanctuary in the Hebridies… I heard one little girl say to her friend: “Look! Pufflings!” to which her friend replied: “It’s puff-INS…....
by Magpie | Sep 4, 2009 | Fratercula cirrhata, Interesting Information about Puffins, Puffin Babies, puffin chicks, Puffin Exhibits, Puffin Lovers, Puffin Photos, Puffin Pictures, Puffin Research, Puffins, Puffling, Tufted Puffin
Talking to the Zookeepers pays off!! Next time you visit a zoo—say hello and don’t be afraid to ask questions! Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium currently has 20 tufted puffins in its exhibit, 9 males and 11 females. The tufted puffins range in age from 1 to...
