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 Puffling | May 31, 2012 | Atlantic Puffin, Puffin eggs, Puffins, Puffling
A video is worth a million! =) You really must go watch the puffincam live from Sumburgh Head RSPB Reserve. They have an egg! And they both take turns sitting on it, helping keep it warm and loved. Here are some still shots from the live cams, I thought worthy of...
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...
