The Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) is the provincial bird of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and rightly so, as 50% of the North American population come here to breed every summer.
These "clowns of the sea" spend their entire winter bobbing around in the cold waters of the Atlantic catching small fish. In the summer they come ashore and build burrows on the rocky cliffs to breed and house their "pufflings" (Yes, baby puffins are called pufflings! Adorable). Puffins are a long-lived birds, thought to reach 30-40 years of age. However, as with most long-lived species, they take several years to mature. Puffins can take 3 to 6 years to reach breeding age. These photos were taken during our travels in Newfoundland, Canada back in June of this year. We actually visited the colony twice. The first time the puffins were still on eggs so there weren't many puffins out of the burrows. Two weeks later we returned and we were so glad we did. While the pufflings were still in the burrows and not visible, the adults were out hunting fish. And there were a lot of them! They were such curious birds too. They would perch on the cliff-side nearby and would take so much interest in all the colourful flowers. Ryan even placed the GoPro on the ground at one point and they came right up to examine it. However, In saying this they were still extremely cautious of humans and would not come near us, which is a good thing! We want our wild animals to stay wild. All images in this post were taken by and remain the Copyright of Ryan Sault and Bree Plater unless stated otherwise.
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This puffin prefers a vegan diet (Photo: Ryan Sault)
(Photo: Bree Plater)
Atlantic Puffins can be found across the North Atlantic from Canada to Norway and south to Spain.
(Photo: Bree Plater)
Look out below! (Photo: Bree Plater)
Puffin album cover? (Photo: Ryan Sault)
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Such an awesome birds.
And you did a great job capturing theae photos!
The last one is funny :)
Thanks! Haha they are so funny to watch too. We sat for hours watching them.
What amazing photos!
First time I see this bird, it is very beautiful.
Thank you! Yes they are very unique looking birds.
What a wonderful post!!! I love that crinkly orange gape. I've never seen puffins in person, although I am told that we get some on the beaches here in Oregon during summer.
Thank you. They are insanely adorable! I didn't know they could be found in Oregon! That's cool.
Yeah I just learned this a few weeks ago. New birding adventure now on the list!
So beautiful thank you
Thank you :)