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How to photograph puffins
Puffins have a black body and a white chest, which is a recipe for blown highlights. Minimise this by always shooting in RAW ...
Puffins come to nest on Haystack Rock between April and September every year. This week, Cannon Beach is offering visitors a ...
Puffin beaks are also a marvel of engineering. If you take a close look you will notice a bright orange rosette of flesh at the base (the hinge).
Shortly before sunset on July 4, 1981, Kress was scanning Eastern Egg Rock with his telescope when he spotted a puffin, beak full of fish, scrambling into a rocky crevice. The bird hopped out, ...
In 1973, Kress and a small group of colleagues went to a puffin breeding colony in Newfoundland. They braved angry puffin parents (puffin beaks can deliver a nasty nip) to collect a half-dozen chicks.
However, they have a large, triangular-shaped beak that becomes even more vivid during the breeding season, displaying bright oranges, reds, and yellows. But it’s far more than decorative. Puffin ...
Puffins are small seabirds belonging to the Alcidae family.There are four species of puffins: the Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica), the Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata), the Horned Puffin ...
There is one animal present in our greater backyard that I urge everyone to try to see at least once in the wild − the Atlantic puffin. It is charismatic, beloved by everyone and an indicator of ...
Puffin pairs take turns brooding over the egg while their counterpart fishes. Once the babies, called pufflings (I couldn’t have come up with a better name myself), hatch, ... With its big orange beak ...
Puffins are one of Britain’s favourite birds. With their smart black, white and orange markings, adorably concerned expressions, and comical movements, we just love puffins in the UK.
There is one animal present in our greater backyard that I urge everyone to try to see at least once in the wild − the Atlantic puffin. Now's the time to find Atlantic puffins in nearby Maine ...