Puffin (Atlantic)

The Atlantic Puffin is a seabird species in the auk family. It feeds primarily by diving for fish, but also eats other sea creatures, such as squid and crustaceans. Its most obvious characteristic is its brightly coloured beak during the breeding seasons. Also known as the Common Puffin, it is the only puffin species which is found in the Atlantic Ocean. The curious appearance of the bird, with its colourful huge bill and its striking piebald plumage, has given rise to nicknames such as "sea parrot".

 
About 95% of the Atlantic puffins in North America breed around Newfoundland's coastlines. The largest puffin colony is estimated at more than 260,000 pairs.

Photographed at Sea World, Orlando, FL