#auks

[snototter]

A lone male Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) observes a breeding pair preening each other in Svalbard, Norway

by Tim Melling

[pernine]

did anyone ever realise that i didnt quite leave, and i didnt quite stay?

alcid family reunion

[minister-erik]

A PUFFINRY - Composition Wednesday

© Erik McGregor - [email protected]

[podartists]

Large-billed puffin | The Birds of America (1827-1838) | John James Audubon

[animalphotorefs]

New Taxa Added: Auks!

The site's first sort-of-seabirds! We've got:

Common Murres:

Horned Puffins:

Tufted Puffins:

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[simplified-birds]

Simplified bird #125 - great auk

( requested by @assistant-honcho )

[ornithological]

black guillemot (cepphus grylle) fending off a western jackdaw (coloeus monedula) from its nest, ireland

[absentmindedgaze]

birds…….. birds…….. birds…….. birds……..