Tufted Puffin
Fratercula cirrhata

f5 @ 1/640s, ISO:1000, Nikon D3S w 500mm

\"Tufted Puffin,\" Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tufted puffins typically select islands or cliffs that are relatively inaccessible to predators, close to productive waters, and high enough that they can take to the air successfully. Ideal habitat is steep but with a relatively soft soil substrate and grass for the creation of burrows. During the winter feeding season, they spend their time almost exclusively at sea, extending their range throughout the North Pacific and south to Japan and California.

St. Paul, Pribilof Islands, Alaska

06/21/2016