Atlantic Puffin

The Atlantic Puffin The Atlantic Puffin is member of the Alcidae Family. These birds can be found abundantly, estimated 14 million, in the North Atlantic ocean. They can be found on both sides of the Atlantic ocean, but a much larger population is found in Greenland, Iceland, and Norway. They only come ashore to breed and raise a chick. Puffins range in size from 11.5-13.5 inches in length, and their wingspan 21-24 inches. Their weight is …

…the food puts the adult in a very vulnerable situation. This is when Great Black- backed Gull often prey on the Atlantic Puffin, they are capable of swallowing them whole. After forty days the young Atlantic Puffin are abandoned by their parents. After a week the young emerge from their nests, and are driven by hunger to the ocean. This is an extremely dangerous trip for them. Perdition by skulls and skulls is extremely likely.