Does anybody know what physiological adaptations a puffin have? i'm struggling to find any information

Finally got a chance to go to the Saltee Islands in Ireland and see some puffins IRL. Was an amazing experience! 😁

I was at the zoo and saw this little dude doing a funny belly float.

My husband requested for our next vacation that we go somewhere where we can see puffins. The problem is he has a phobia of boats, and every place that I've found where one can see puffins involves a boat ride or ferry. Does anyone know of a place where one can see puffins without getting on a boat, preferably in North America?

A great souvenir to honor my first Puffin sighting

I wish I had a better lens to capture these magical creatures but this will have to do

Newest episode of Your New Favorite Animal podcast is about Puffins!

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Researchers are using bioacoustics to study how animals in cold-weather environments hear and process sound, why they vocalize, and whether acoustic tools can help mitigate conflicts. Meanwhile, artists are documenting the impact of climate change, recording the sound of melting glacial ice to curate immersive exhibits.

How are their efforts drawing attention to fragile ecosystems? Find out at our FREE webinar on February 8th!

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Atlantic Puffins, Common Murres, & Marbled Murrelets

Acoustic Sensory Ecology of Diving Alcid Seabirds & Potential Noise Impacts

Alcid seabirds like the Atlantic puffin are important components of holarctic coastal ecosystems and may derive important acoustic cues from the surrounding natural soundscape. As people increasingly utilize Arctic coastal areas, it is essential to characterize these soundscapes as a baseline for understanding seabird acoustic biology and thus quantifying the effects of human activity on their acoustic ecology over time. Learn how passive acoustic monitoring was used to document and describe the aerial soundscape dynamics of puffins and other Alcids seabirds and explore how these soundscapes may be related to their acoustic sensory biology.

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Gray Wolves

The Cry Wolf Project: Bioacoustics & Carnivores in Yellowstone National Park

Come learn about the use of bioacoustics to study wolf vocalizations in the remote and often wintery locations of Yellowstone National Park. We’ll cover the use of wildlife recorders for studying the function of wolf vocalizations, generating population estimates, and mediating wildlife-livestock conflicts. We’ll also demonstrate how Kaleidoscope Pro classifiers were used to find wolf vocalizations in large recording datasets. Most importantly, we’ll have fun listening to never-before-heard wild wolf vocalizations (recorded non-invasively) in 2023.

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Adamello Glacier, Italian Alps

Un Suono in Estinzione (A Sound in Extinction)

Hear the results of an experimental research project aimed at monitoring the implications of climate change on Alpine glaciers through the analysis of sound expressed in educational, artistic, and scientific activities. Un Suono in Estinzione (translation: A Sound in Extinction) began in 2020 with researcher and sound artist Sergio Maggioni, around whom a team of professionals from different fields was created in a short time. Learn about the results of this fascinating bioacoustics project and its inspiration.

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my sibling said this wasnt a good photograph

Went for a puffin cruise this weekend! So happy to see them here in the northern US.