Atlantic Puffins among Dandelions

Description

This is a beautiful image of puffins which are native to the Atlantic Ocean. These puffins exhibit a black crown and backside, pale grey cheek patches, and white underparts. They have a wide, boldly marked red and black beak and bright orange legs. Atlantic puffins nest in burrows 3 to 7 feet long, or in crevices among rocks. Parents bring their chick small fish such as sand lance, herring and capelin, sometimes a dozen at once lined up in the bill. Outside the breeding season they live far out at sea, often alone.