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More About Puffins ...
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"The puffin is an auk (or alcid) of the genus Fratercula with a brightly colored beak in the breeding season. These are pelagic seabirds that feed primarily by diving. They breed in large colonies, nesting in crevices or burrows".
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Taxonmony
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Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Alcidae
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Source: Wikipedia Read more about Puffins
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VIDEO CLIPS
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Puffin 1.350MB MOV View Movie CNN
Puffin
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Puffin 1.230MB MOV View Movie Audbon - Project Puffin
A video of Puffins billing (a behavior where puffins rub their beaks together)
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Atlantic Puffin WMV View Movie Internet Bird Collection
Different scenes of a breeding colony. Varanger Fjord, Norway (ssp arctica).
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Atlantic Puffin WMV View Movie Internet Bird Collection
An adult oiling its breeding plumage. Varanger Fjord, Norway (ssp arctica).
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Atlantic Puffin View Movie National Geographic
Nesting Puffin
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