Here are some photos of puffin eggs.
Horned Puffin Egg
Atlantic Puffin Egg
Female puffins lay one egg and care for and protect it accordingly. If they only have one, it is important to ensure it survives. Both parents incubate the egg by holding it against a brood patch with their wings—one at a time. Once it hatches both parents also care for the young taking turns feeding it and watching it.
A group of puffins is called a gathering.
This abridged 1891 poem from Britain’s Punch, a satirical magazine, takes a swipe at oologists (egg collectors).
The “Brum” and the Oologist
Were walking hand in hand;
They grinned to see so many birds
On cliff, and rock, and sand.
“If we could only get their eggs,”
Said they, “It would be grand.”
“Oh, Sea-birds,” said the Midland man,
“Let’s take a pleasant walk!
Perhaps among you we may fine
The Great—or lesser—Auk;
And you might possibly enjoy
A scientific talk.”
The skuas and the cormorants,
And all the puffin clan,
The stormy petrels, gulls, and terns,
They hopped, and skipped, and ran
With very injudicious speed
To join that oily man.
“The time has come,” remarked the Brum,
“For ‘talking without tears’
Of birds unhappily extinct,
Yet known in former years;
And how much cash an egg will fetch
In Naturalistic spheres.”
“But not our eggs!” replied the birds,
Feeling a little hot.
“You surely would not rob our nests
After this pleasant trot?”
The Midland man said nothing but, —
“I guess he’s cleared the lot!”
“Well!” said that bland Oologist,
“We’ve had a lot of fun.
Next year, perhaps, these Shetland birds
We’ll visit—with a gun;
When—as we’ve taken all their eggs —
There’ll probably be none!”
Puffin sculptures by Chloe Harford
Puffin sculpture by Chloe Hartford
Puffin (Bronze) by John Hoover
Stitched Puffin at the Suspended Art Gallery
Puffin Walk by Marianne Wieland
Puffin by Paul Cox
Puffin on Kernow Signs
Puffin Art by Eleanor Grosch
Puffin Carving by Calvin Hunt
Here are some past covers of the Puffin Post, a magazine for children.
During the Middle Ages Muslim and Jewish scholars could not determine if various birds such as geese and Puffins were fish or or humans and hence called for them to be killed—warning not to eat them as they were creatures of unknown origin. Since they did not know if they were fish or flesh, they also argued on which method would be best to kill these birds.
The puffin was often mistaken for the little auk and was often referred to as ‘half fish, half flesh.’1
I received the game yesterday and played it for a few hours straight. It was pretty fun, cute and informative. I learned a lot about puffins as well as about other animals near to the puffin. The graphics are not state-of-the-art but there is some good hand drawn art work throughout and some good photographs.
There are six main categories of fun to choose from:
This game is inexpensive but packed with tons of educational fun, cute games, hand drawn illustrations and hours of game-playing. I would definitely recommend getting this game for all ages.
You can get Puffin Pursuits here.
I gathered some songs about puffins and puffin sounds to share with you. If you want to listen to them—Look to the right and find the small black music player. Simply click play in the middle and enjoy. If you know other puffin songs you’d like to share, please contact me (below).
In case you would like to get these puffin songs / sounds for yourself I have included a play list below with links to the songs. =)
Title: The Puffin
Artist: Terri Thurman Finck
Title: A Puffin
Artist: Port O’Brien
Title: The Puffin
Artist: Hank Davis
Title: Puffin
Artist: John Neville
Title: Lulie the Iceberg/”The clown-faced Puffins had a ride…”
Artist: Yo-Yo Ma; Paul Winter; Pamela Frank; SamWaterston; Derrick Inouye
I couldn’t find the following song but here are the lyrics.
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