10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2013

Joseph Chiera is a Masters student in Animal Behavior and Conservation at Hunter College in NYC and a “somewhat newbie” to birding. The hotel owner told us that visiting them in the evening had the best showing of puffins as they returned to the cliffs from the sea. A great meal but I was eager to get to the bird cliffs.

Iceland 223

Iceland Puffins Europe Birds 223

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2015

On our first morning after breakfast, my group and the teens piled onto a boat and headed out to Eastern Egg Rock, once again the breeding ground for Atlantic Puffins (as well as a host of other seabirds) thanks to biologist Dr. Stephen Kress. Puffins growl like chainsaws, and one in Britain was seen carrying 62 fish in her beak.

Puffins 276

Puffins Birds Groups West Virginia 276

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

One strategy that varies among birds (and other animals) is the number of offspring. Others, like the petrels and some of the auks, will lay a single egg per breeding attempt. The investment placed in each clutch bur seabirds is so great that only one breeding attempt can be seen to completion each year.

Eggs 173

Eggs Puffins Breeding Raised 173