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A Tufted Puffin swimming in the water in the Aleutian Islands

Tracking Data for Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata)

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Adult tufted puffin feeds baby puffin

Adult tufted puffin feeds fish to a juvenile puffin
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Bright tufted puffin birds nesting on rocks on the Oregon Coast.

Tufted puffins on the Oregon Coast
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Tufted puffin birds roost on the rocks along the Oregon Coast.

Tufted puffins are an iconic species in the Pacific Northwest
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A Horned Puffin flying over the water

A Horned Puffin flying
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Colorful tufted puffin bird flying over the Oregon Coast

Tufted puffin flying over the Oregon Coast
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Two Horned Puffins looking to the left on rock cliffs. Black and white, orange-and-yellow bill, fleshy spike above eyes.

Horned Puffins on Gull Island
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A Tufted Puffin on the water

A Tufted Puffin on the water
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Two breeding tufted puffins on rocks, leafy green plant and blue sky in background. One puffin looking directly at you.

Tufted Puffins on Gull Island
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Tufted Puffin flying with three capelin in orange bill. Black body, white head and orange feet with wings spread.

Tufted Puffin carrying capelin
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Four Tufted Puffins on the water near their breeding colony at Gull Island in Kachemak Bay, Alaska

Tufted Puffins on the water, Alaska
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Two puffins on rocky cliff. Black and white seabirds with an orange-and-yellow bill, orange feet and red ring around eye.

Horned Puffins of the St. Matthew Grotto
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A Horned Puffin flying over the water

A Horned Puffin flying over the water
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Tufted Puffin carrying fish

Tufted Puffin carrying fish
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Tufted Puffin with wings spread as it flies. Black body, white head, orange feet with large triangular red and orangish bill.

A Tufted Puffin flies over Gull Island
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A Horned Puffin taking off from the water

A Horned Puffin taking off from the water
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Staudinger and masters student Keenan Yakola (UMass Amherst, 2019) measuring an adult Atlantic puffin.

Measuring a puffin
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A Tufted Puffin swimming in the water in the Aleutian Islands

A Tufted Puffin swimming in the water in the Aleutian Islands
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Staudinger holding a Atlantic puffin chick on Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge.

Atlantic puffin chick
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Tufted Puffin with a meal

Tufted Puffin with a meal
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Tufted Puffin looking for fish near it's burrow area in the Aleutian Islands

Tufted Puffin looking for fish around the Aleutian Islands
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A Tufted Puffin swimming in the sea in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska

A Tufted Puffin in the sea in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska
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Tufted Puffins perching near their burrows in a colony on Bogoslof Island

Tufted Puffins perching near their colony burrows on Bogoslof Island
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Horned Puffin flying near it's burrow area in the Aleutian Islands

Horned Puffin flying near it's burrow area in the Aleutian Islands
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Tufted puffin dives for fish on the Oregon coast

Tufted puffin dives for fish on the Oregon coast
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Tufted Puffin, the species most affected by a recent seabird die-off in the Pribilof Islands, AK

Tufted Puffin, near Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska
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Puffin flying against snow covered mountain background

Puffin flying at Izembek National Wildlife Refuge Alaska with Frosty Peak in background
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Horned Puffin, one of the species affected by a recent seabird die-off in the Pribilof Islands, AK

Horned Puffin, near Chisik Island in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska
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Horned Puffin, one of the species affected by a recent seabird die-off in the Pribilof Islands, AK

Horned Puffin, near Chisik Island in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska
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A Peregrine Falcon near Puffin burrow areas in the Aleutian Islands

A Peregrine Falcon near Puffin burrow areas in the Aleutian Islands
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