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DECEMBER 14, 2024

By Dominic Mitchell Dominic Mitchell’s earliest birding memory is of seeing an Atlantic Puffin off the Bass Rock, in Scotland’s Firth of Forth, in 1967 at the age of seven. He trained as a journalist, founded Birdwatch magazine in 1992, and ran the title, and latterly also BirdGuides, until 2019.

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We have around two thirds of the world population of Gannets, along with internationally important numbers of Guillemots, Puffins, Razorbills, Kittiwakes and Fulmars. Though Gannets may be the birds that demand your attention, the supporting cast of Guillemots, Razorbills, Puffins, Fulmars and Kittiwakes are equally fascinating.

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JUNE 2, 2020

David Sibley’s sketch of an Atlantic Puffin. As soon as the video ended, I started another, this time for Atlantic Puffins. I sat down at my dining room table, its wooden surface covered by a wrinkled white tablecloth scattered with work-from-home items; my laptops, notebooks, a speaker, various dishes and coffee mugs.

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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.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2020

As he says, this requires a “muscular cloaca,” such as the one the Puffin, below, is showing off; perhaps that photograph is an appropriate way to end this review: __. Photographers: John Kricher (Baltimore Oriole; Great Blue Herons); John Grant (Bald Eagles); Van Remsen (Northern Cardinal); Bruce Hallett (Atlantic Puffin). __.

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AUGUST 7, 2011

Tufted Puffins foraging off Protection Island on a boat trip from Port Townsend, WA? That sucker earns its name over and over again! Corey is on the road as well and comes by his best bird of the weekend honestly. How do you like six (!) What was your best bird of the weekend?

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

688: Horned Puffin. Here are the most recent ten, and they are as elusive as you might expect: 692: Steller’s Sea-Eagle. 691: Northern Pygmy-Owl. 690: Emperor Goose. 689: Willow Ptarmigan. 687: Yellow-green Vireo. 686: Black-whiskered Vireo. 685: Antillean Nighthawk. 684: Northern Jacana. 683: Gray-breasted Martin.

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APRIL 6, 2014

There are hawk cams , falcon cams , puffin cams , tern cams , heron cams , and even Osprey cams. You’ve probably heard of many different kinds of bird cams—web feeds that spy on the inner lives of birds.

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JANUARY 2, 2012

The Tufted Puffins at Protection Island in Washington State. Any puffin is awesome and Tufted Puffin is especially awesome! Who wouldn’t want to see this bird? The Thayer’s Gull that I spotted in California.

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If Arctic Tern chicks aren’t your thing (and if they’re not, by golly, you’re missing out on an awful lot of cuteness), explore.org also boasts webcams for Atlantic Puffins , Osprey , Common Terns , Great Horned Owls , Long-eared Owls , and Magellanic Penguins.

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This became particularly true when a pair, Puffin and T2, where moved to the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary , or Zealandia, in Wellington. And while Takahe ( Porphyrio hochstetteri ) are both endangered and generally confined to remote and difficult to reach areas, there are some in more accessible locations.

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MARCH 30, 2016

And, of course, no list of bird cams would be complete without Audubon’s Puffin Loafing Ledge. Okay, so the Puffins aren’t back yet … but you won’t want to miss them when they return!). A colony of Pacific Great Blue Herons are the stars of the show on this cam, run by the city of Vancouver, B.C., What other nestcams do you follow?

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JULY 7, 2024

You might be expecting me to start writing about the amazing colonies of Northern Gannets Morus bassanus or Atlantic Puffins Fratercula arctica , among others. I’ve just returned from the Shetland Islands. But no, my story today is about the birds that come in to breed on the heather moorland which dominates the high ground.

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DECEMBER 30, 2017

Crested Puffin (California, USA). Checkered Woodpecker (Buenos Aires). Great Coucal (Accra, Ghana). Greater Leafbird (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). Masked Water-tyrant (Sao Paulo, Brazil). Red Wattled Lapwing (New Delhi, India). Plain Parakeet (Sao Paulo, Brazil). Yellow-billed Shrike (Accra, Ghana). Happy New Year.

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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. Thankfully the Puffins and Razorbills (arguably the most photogenic species) perch on the uppermost ledges, making them readily available for close-ups.

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APRIL 25, 2011

Do you like puffins, fulmars, and seals? Go check out these two awesome posts about visiting Skomer, an island off the coast of Wales. Of course you do.

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JANUARY 20, 2012

card, a sort of little hand grenade decorated with an adorable puffin. (Real experts are expected to give the bird’s Latin genus name as well, but I eschewed this because it’s based on 1980s taxonomy and thus potentially inaccurate. Also, I’m not a real expert.) The second is the Surprise!

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

The number one bird on my list was the iconic Horned Puffin. Horned Puffin. In addition to the Grizzly Bears , I was able to photograph Woodland Buffalo , squirrels, deer, Red Fox , and even a herd of Yaks. This turned out to be much harder that I had hoped, but I did manage to get a few decent images. Common Redpoll. Emperor Goose.

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MAY 28, 2017

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was any of the five Atlantic Puffins he saw on Eastern Egg Rock off the coast of Maine. Instead, I lucked into the best sighting I’ve ever had of a male Mourning Warbler in the same spot. He’ll be sure to share pictures once he’s back home and has access to his computer again.

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AUGUST 29, 2014

Maureen Eiger categorizes any unidentifiable featherless nestlings as “ Tufted Puffins ;” to Letitia Labbie, they’re “Eggs With Legs.”. Upon arrival, each bird receives a chart, which is soon filled with hieroglyphics. Hit by car, HBC; caught by cat, CBC; window strike, WS.

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MARCH 4, 2013

No Atlantic Puffins , no Dovekies , no Thick-billed Murres ! Don’t get me wrong, those birds are cool birds, but when you are out in a boat for twelve hours specifically searching for alcids and you only get two of the five species you would expect in New York it is kind of disappointing. Common Murre Uria aalge.

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JULY 12, 2024

Until last month it was an East Anglian list, as I hadn’t ventured far from home, but a trip to Northern England last month did add some northern specials, such as Dipper and Puffin. That trip was fun, as it reminded me of the delights of watching birds like Golden Plover and even Meadow Pipit on their breeding grounds.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

For me, there was the Limpkin in Loxahatchee NWR in Florida, the Atlantic Puffin at Petit Manan NWR in Maine, the Falcated Duck at Colusa NWR in California. A pelagic out of Hatteras, North Carolina , the Biggest Week in American Birding in Ohio , and trip to Puerto Rico stand out as well.

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and my first member of the auk/puffin family. And then, too far out for any possibility of photography, came the really good stuff: Peter quickly told me that the two-toned footballs out there were Common Murres. It took me a while to move beyond the “I think I see it… Maybe…” stage.

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JULY 18, 2012

The auks, which range from puffins to guillemots all the way to the tiny auklets and murrelets, are typical for seabirds, long lived with tiny clutches of one or two eggs. The investment placed in each clutch bur seabirds is so great that only one breeding attempt can be seen to completion each year.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

feeding ground for Arctic , Common , and Roseate Terns , as well as the #2 site for Sandwich Terns and the third-most important site for Atlantic Puffins. And it’s the top U.K. In all, more than 200,000 birds can breathe—and eat—a little easier now.

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JUNE 12, 2017

I had really wanted to get to the grasslands but life (and puffins ) had forced me to wait. So far as I know Dickcissels haven’t ever bred at Shawangunk and its been nearly thirty years since Henslow’s Sparrows were found there. Would the birds still be there? I shouldn’t have worried.

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DECEMBER 21, 2016

2 Horned Puffin – Fratercula corniculata On my trip to Alaska, and the beautiful island of Kodiak to photograph the grizzly bears, my one wish was to track down and photograph the Puffins. There were 17 new birds that week, but the Horned Puffins remain my favorite. #1

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Even on a previously scheduled rest stop at his home in Oregon, he can’t resist going birding with friends ( Tufted Puffin , a clumsy flyer but an elegant swimmer, #2701). “When all your energy is focused on a single purpose,” he says, “nothing else seems to matter. That feeling can be incredibly seductive.”

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Birds like Chestnut-backed Chickadee , Pacific Wren and Pigeon Guillemot should be easy to track down for the first time Adding other alcids like Tufted Puffin or Marbled Murrelet to my life list will be much more difficult, but I have a trick or two up my sleeve to (hopefully) get them in my binoculars.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

This Bald Eagle, photographed by Corey, was after Blue-winged Teal in Florida, not Atlantic Puffins in Maine. Look out below! Did you miss your chance to see Angry Birds in movie theaters? Fear not—the film has just been released on DVD. (In In the U.S., at least—international markets, you’ll have to wait a bit longer.)

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OCTOBER 5, 2018

Instantly falling in love with Fijalkowska’s account, I went gah-gah for her patterns of a cockatiel, a puffin, a robin, and so much more. Browsing Instagram’s #knitting hashtag one day, I came across a very, very realistic rendition of a snipe, perfectly stitched in brown and tan and sitting on a pumpkin.

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The huffin’ and puffin’ is always worth it in the end, however. True, this is a formidable, yet magnificent habitat that requires either strong legs or a good vehicle and probably strong legs anyways. Once removed from the treeless tundra, the excitement continues to roll on.

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JANUARY 28, 2024

Called home to the Oregon Coast to operate the family motel, in her free time she leads Tufted Puffin walks and escapes to guide at birding festivals and explore the world as often as possible.

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; Ancient Greece and Rome (Aristotle liked birds, as did Pliny and Plutarch); Medieval times (mostly falconry); the Renaissance (dissection and anatomical studies, the first appearance of Neotropical birds in European ornithological works); the groundbreaking classification work of Francis Willughby and John Ray in the late Renaissance; the seabirds (..)

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The year list remains low, at 1425 but the life list was bolstered this month by Donna’s Antillean Nighthawk and has reached 4069.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

And, not every photograph is perfect; in some cases, Read presents several versions of a specific bird to show how what happens when you use, say, a shallow depth of field, like in the two puffin photos below. There is a lot of information in Mastering Bird Photography , and a lot of different types of information.

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