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North U.S. East Canada Iceland Norway France Arctic Atlantic puffins’ nests are at the end of their burrows, which are 3 feet long. It is made out of feathers and grass. Puffins dig their burrows in breeding season with its feet and bill. An older puffin may come back to the same burrow each year. How does that compare with penguins? They live at opposite polar ends of the world.

Puffin young are called pufflings. Puffin eggs are white and light purple with brown spots at the big end. Unlike many other animals, the puffin nests are usually burrows dug into the earth.

Great Black- Backed Gull Humans Foxes Eagles Falcons All of these organisms are threats of the puffin. But they aren’t the only ones. River otters, foxes, and rats steal and eat puffins’ eggs.

Family: Alcidae Genus: Fratercula Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Tufted Puffin Horned Puffin Rhinoceros Auklet Puffins are often confused with penguins. They have similar colors, and both swim under water using their wings as fins, but they are not related.

Greeting: face each other and tap bills. Threaten: 1.low growl 2.2. yawning 3.3.puffing up and gaping. Mating- run around each other, crouch, and nuzzle bills Avoiding Trouble: walk fast with head down. Guarding Burrow: walk back and forth in front of tunnel like soldier.

Puffins have a chunky body and short wings, so it’s hard for them to take off. Flying Swimming Puffins are excellent swimmers and divers. Mating season is April to August How might puffins protect themselves?

Webbed Feet White Chest Colorful Bill Black Back White Cheeks Inner Toenail Sharp Claws Extra Eyelids Length: 12 in. Weight:17.5 oz Wingspan: in.

The puffin is the provincial bird of Newfoundland When settlers first came to North America, they hunted puffins. Fratercula Arctica Fatling Lundi Common Puffin Clowns of the Sea Sea Parrot