#tufted puffin

[psikonauti]

A portrait of a Tufted puffin as it rests on the volcanic cliff face of St. Paul island, Alaska

Photographed by John L. Crawley

#upl #animals #birds #va #art #photography #Tufted puffin #alaska

[bjekkergauken]

It's mermay time babey!!!

Starting the party with some olympic peninsula mermaids

#mermay #mermay 2024 #mermaids #tufted puffin #hooded merganser #bufflehead #crevice kelpfish #rock greenling #watercolour #sea #art

[snototter]

A tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) in Half Moon Bay, California, USA

by Lynda Elkin

#tufted puffin #puffins #auks #seabirds #birds #fratercula cirrhata #fratercula #alcidae #Charadriiformes #aves #chordata #wildlife: california #wildlife: usa #wildlife: north america

[birdblues]

Tufted Puffin

#tufted puffin #puffin #Fratercula cirrhata #bird #upl

[spacefinch]

bbird

Enjoy this puffin picture I took at the Oregon Coast Aquarium when I was 12

#birdposting #asked and answered #Oregon coast aquarium #tufted puffin #photography #my photos

[arthistoryanimalia]

#Woodensday:

Tufted puffin feast bowl, c. 1900 Tlingit culture, Sitka, Alaska Wood, paint, fur Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian display

#puffin #tufted puffin #bird #birds in art #woodwork #tlingit #indigenous art #native american art #first nations art #19th century art #20th century art #museum visit #Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian #feast bowl #bowl #Woodensday

[supremebirdbracket]

Puffin battle! Who will continue on?

Atlantic puffins, also called common puffins, live across the North Atlantic, breeding on coastlines and spending the rest of their time at sea. They dive underwater to catch fish and crabs. They are social and breed in large colonies, most of which are in Iceland, but are solitary in the winter. They are largely monogamous, but tend to be more loyal to nesting sites than to mates. Pairs bond by building nests and rattling their bills together. These puffins burrow underground to nest, and so can fly, dig, and swim. On average, Atlantic puffins live to be 30 or more years old, with the oldest recorded being 41 years. Puffin chicks are called “pufflings.” Unfortunately, these birds are classified as Vulnerable due to pollution such as oil spills.

Tufted puffins are found in the North Pacific Ocean. Like many other shorebirds, they breed on islands and spend the rest of their lives at sea. Young birds may spend the first 3 years of their lives at sea, until they are old enough to breed and return to land. They feed on underwater on squid, krill, and fish; adults mostly eat squid and krill, while they feed fish to their young. They nest in burrows, which can be over 5 feet deep.

#birds #polls #brackets #shorebirds #charadriiformes #atlantic puffin #common puffin #tufted puffin

[vintagewildlife]

Tufted puffin chick By: Karl W. Kenyon From: Natural History Magazine 1950

#tufted puffin #puffin #alcid #charadriiform #bird #1950 #1950s #Karl W. Kenyon #Natural History Magazine

[officialweezerelections]

BRACKET B

Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)

As one nomination puts it, “They have strange looking faces!”

They also only lay one egg at a time, which is fucking weird.

VERSUS

Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)

Another description provided by a nomination, this one says “They're alright I guess but two things: when they open their beaks???? It's so fucked up what pelicans in general have in their mouths, but what makes this little fella a bit more special is that wig like thing they have in their heads like this pelican looks like Hastur from Good Omens and that's not a good thing at all.”

They are also the largest member of the pelican family and would be the largest freshwater bird if not for some very large swans that rival them in size. And their nests fucking suck they’re just piles of sticks.

Two guys with funny hairdos. Unfortunately, only one can advance.

#tufted puffin #dalmatian pelican #bracket b #tournament poll

[usgscoopunits]

Tufted puffin webinar FREE open to the public!

Tufted puffins (Fratercula cirrhata) are an iconic species in the Pacific Northwest that provide a wide range of ecological, economic, and historically important services such as ecotourism for local communities- and bringing marine derived nutrients to terrestrial habitats. Tufted puffin populations on the Oregon Coast have declined dramatically over the past 30 years from over 5,000 birds in 1989 to only 550 birds in 2021. In 2018, the tufted puffin Species Status Assessment determined that factors related to breeding site conditions are one of the most probable causes of puffin decline; however, little is known about the specific characteristics of nesting habitat along the Oregon Coast. To address this knowledge gap, we used aerial photography and ground truthing to examine changes in suitable breeding habitat for tufted puffins on the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge over the past few decades. Assessing how suitable puffin breeding habitat characteristics have changed over time will provide necessary information to guide refuge managers in habitat restoration and support adaptive management decisions. 

#tufted puffin #aerial photography

[wolvesmaw]

Tufted puffin gryphon, just for fun

Her name is Pirka, an Ainu word for “beautiful”. It’s also short for the Ainu word for tufted puffin- etupirka (meaning “beautiful beak”). What a fitting name for this species!

#oc #artists on tumblr #gryphon #tufted puffin #Pirka #furry #Anthro

[psikonauti]

Tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) in Alaska

Photographed by Luis Solano Pochet

#Tufted puffin #Fratercula cirrhata #Alaska #puffin #animals #birds #Luis Solano Pochet #upl #photography #wildlife photography

[akdogdriver]

Tufted puffins

Glacier Bay 6/05/22

#alaska #tufted puffin #seabirds #puffin #so cute #alaska summer #wildlife

[sighsebstan]

oh my god i love finding out about BIRDS

#the great eared nightjar #tufted puffin #shoebill stork #kiwi #god i love KNOWLEDGE #everyone say thank you wikipedia #thoughts

[birdblues]

Tufted Puffin

#tufted puffin #puffin #Fratercula cirrhata #bird #upl

[atamagaitai]

tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) by Ellen

#fratercula cirrhata #papagaio-do-mar-de-penachos #tufted puffin #animal #bird #human #water #upload