Birdwatchers flock for for the punk puffin. Cahal Milmo, Chief Reporter. Friday 18 September 2009 16:46 BST. ... The Tufted Puffin has only ever been seen once before in Europe when it was sighted ...

In the early 1900s, these harlequin-faced ducks nested by the thousands as far south as the Channel Islands, but oil spills and the collapse of sardine populations because of overfishing have left ...

But as I scanned the rock with my binoculars, the puffin’s tell-tale orange beaks were nowhere to be seen. While it’s still possible to see puffins at Haystack Rock, their numbers have been declining ...

Tufted puffins are native to Oregon and nest on the rocky coast. The aquarium has a Seabird Aviary that sustains a flock of these sea birds and the profits from the license plates will go to ...

An ungainly flock of birds had lifted off the waves, displaying chunky orange beaks and bright yellow Mohawks flapping in the wind. Advertisement “Tufted puffins!” we all shouted.

As tufted puffin populations take a deep dive, an effort surfaces to get the birds listed as endangered species . By Jason Bittel. Published March 2, 2014 6:00PM (EST) --Shares. Facebook.

In the summer, Protection Island hosts roughly 100 different marine bird species which flock to the island to live, breed or just rest during a long migration, the marine science center said. The ...

A tufted puffin at the Oregon Coast Aquarium. CANNON BEACH — The puffins are early risers, but so is Tim Halloran. For the past 12 years, he has spent most summer mornings — and many sunsets ...

Thousands of tufted puffins — the instantly recognizable black and white birds with large orange beaks — starved to death in the Bering Sea from 2016 to 2017.

A pair of tufted puffins are likely nesting near Yaquina Head for the first time since the late ‘90s and birders are gathering in Lincoln County to witness the homecoming.

“Historically, there were 13 documented islands on which tufted puffins bred in the Salish Sea,” said Peter Hodum, one of the co-authors (along with Pearson), of the paper “Range-wide changes in the ...