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Bird of the Week – Tufted Puffin

From the smallest Alcid to the largest Alcid, the Tufted Puffin. WC has received complaints that Alcids aren’t very colorful. We’ll address that, too.

Tufted Puffins, St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands

Tufted Puffins, St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands

At just under 16 inches long, the Tufted Puffin is more than three times bigger than its diminutive cousin, the Least Auklet. The flashy plumes are a breeding season characteristic, as are the electric-orange legs and feet.

(Technically, this is the second time Tufted Puffin has been the Bird of the Week. But the earlier post was a captive bird, at the Alaska Sealife Center. These are wild birds, on St. Paul Island, in the Priiblofs.)

Camera geek stuff: f9, 1/250 ISO1000

For more bird photos, please visit Frozen Feather Images.

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5 Responses to “Bird of the Week – Tufted Puffin”
  1. Really? says:

    I have never seen one in real life. They are amazingly beautiful. Thank you.

  2. Alaska Pi says:

    I LOVE TUFTED PUFFINS!!
    They can be the BOW every other week as far as I’m concerned.
    For many years ( going back over 30 years) I made the trip to Glacier Bay at least once a year and thrilled at seeing the tufted puffins each and every bird, each and every time. The last few years my work takes up too much of my summer- time to start going back out there…
    Thank you WC.

  3. Zyxomma says:

    Stunning photo.

  4. mike from iowa says:

    That beak looks like it was made to order for crushing nuts. Not many non-wingnut nuts to find up North. Of course if they was to peck pol pates wouldn’t bother me none.