PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A pair of tufted puffins are likely nesting near Yaquina Head for the first time since the late ‘90s and birders are gathering in Lincoln County to witness the homecoming. U.S.

A tufted puffin nests on Haystack Rock. The tufted puffin, an iconic seabird that can often be spotted at Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach during nesting season, will not be listed under the federal ...

A tufted puffin at the Oregon Coast Aquarium. CANNON BEACH — The puffins are early risers, but so is Tim Halloran. For the past 12 years, he has spent most summer mornings — and many sunsets — with ...

As a volunteer, Tim Halloran spent many mornings pointing out tufted puffin activity to visitors. Every summer for the past 12 years, Friends of Haystack Rock volunteer Tim Halloran has risen early to ...

THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA — The R/V Puffin sliced through uncharacteristically calm waters near Smith Island, a lopsided pancake of land often buffeted by wind and waves at the end of the strait.

Wildlife enthusiasts, rejoice! Maine isn't the only place to find Atlantic puffins. For an idyllic birdwatching vacation, ...

Just 553. That is the estimated number of individual Tufted Puffins remaining in Oregon, based on the 2021 coastwide survey conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). It’s a staggering ...

People come from around the country to see the iconic seabirds on Haystack Rock, but the bird’s population is dropping at an alarming rate. Cannon Beach’s Haystack Rock is perhaps the Oregon Coast’s ...

MONTEREY — The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Open Sea wing has a brand new resident never before seen on the facility’s premises: a tufted puffin chick. While the chick is the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s first ...

Monterey Bay Aquarium has a new reason to puff out its chest — its first-ever hatching of a tufted puffin chick. The chick — a female — hatched July 19 as part of the aquarium’s first attempt to breed ...

Tufted puffins burrow all along the coastline of Kodiak Refuge during the summer. Wintering out to sea, they return to Kodiak each May to breed and nest. (Lisa Hupp/ USFWS) The tufted puffin, a black ...

The puffins are early risers, but so is Tim Halloran. For the past 12 years, he has spent most summer mornings — and many sunsets — with his binoculars aimed at a tufted puffin colony on Cannon ...