Tufted Puffin
| Fratercula cirrhata | Order: Charadriiformes | Family: Alcidae (Auks, Murres, and Puffins) |
Fratercula cirrhata
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Alcidae (Auks, Murres, and Puffins)
Like the Atlantic Puffin and Horned Puffin, Tufted Puffins spend most of their lives at sea, far from shore. They nest in burrows they dig on slopes and the edges of cliffs in areas hard for mammals, including humans, to access, so most sightings and photographs are from boats. Tufted Puffins breed in the same northern Alaska waters as Horned Puffins, but Tufteds also nest in islands off the shores of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and northern California.
Laura's Published Works
Radio Programs
- Moosey and Puffy 2022
- Puffins, Part 3: How to see them 2022
- Puffins, Part 2 2022
- Puffins! A little history 2022
- Alaska, Part 10B: Kenai Fjords National Park 2022
- Debi Shearwater Pelagic Trips: Part II 2013
- Alaska Alcids 2001
- Birding on an Alaskan Cruise 2001
- Headed to Alaska 2001
- Exxon Oil Spill 1989