Tufted Puffin
Fratercula cirrhata

f6.7 @ 1/1250s, ISO:1250, Nikon D3S w 500mm and 1.7X teleconverter


\"Tufted Puffin,\" Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. They are mostly black with a white facial patch, and, typical of other puffin species, feature a very thick bill which is mostly red with some yellow and occasionally green markings. Their most distinctive feature and namesake are the yellow tufts that appear annually on birds of both sexes as the summer reproductive season approaches. Their feet become bright red and their face also becomes bright white in the summer.
St. Paul, Pribilof Islands, Alaska
 
06/24/2016