Bird of the Week – Horned Puffin
Last week’s bird, the Tufted Puffin, has a close cousin that’s almost as colorful, Alaska’s other puffin, the Horned Puffin. The “horns” aren’t really horns; they are fleshy knobs that appear in breeding season. For a bird that is relatively common, they are poorly studied. but are believed to be the most pelagic of Alcids, spending most of their lives far out in the ocean, coming ashore only to breed, and then only after several years. Camera geek stuff: f18, 1/500 ISO1000 For more bird photos, please visit Frozen Feather Images.
Bird of the Week – Horned Puffin
Alaska’s other puffin, the Horned Puffin, is nearly as elegant as its Tufted Puffin cousin. This is another photo from the Seabird Aviary at the Alaska Sealife Center in Seward, Alaska. WC is advised the bill pointing is a dominance display. Technical stuff: aperture f6.3, shutter speed 1/640, ISO 1600.