Atlantic Puffin

Atlantic Puffin - Elliston, Newfoundland, Canada

Yesterday I sorted 9,000 images from my recent trip to Newfoundland,

Canada. ( Daunting task it was) I hope to be posting more images as I

edit them.

Each year 2600 Puffins come to breed in Elliston, Newfoundland. I was

there in earlier this month photographing the first arrivals for four

days. They have difficulty becoming airborne and flap their wings at

an amazing 300 to 400 beats per minute to maintain flight. Puffins are

poor fliers they have trouble landing and often crash onto the sea or

tumble onto the grass.

Best regards

PDE

A great capture i like the dark cloud 

maybe a little more cropping to remove some more of 

the blue sky.

Manfred