[Length 15 in. Wingspan 23 in.]

This Horned Puffin was photographed on the cliffs at Ridge Wall on St. Paul Island in the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: June 1984)

[Length 15 in. Wingspan 25 in.]

Looking like stylishly coiffed jetsetters, Tufted Puffins are certainly the fashion setters of the bird world with their golden head plumes and brightly colored triangular bills. They are black all over except for the white face. In winter they lose the head plumes, the white face becomes darker, and the colorful outer sheath of the bill is shed, making the bill smaller and darker. They occur in the north Pacific and adjacent Arctic waters. In North America they breed in the US and Canada on islands and rocky headlands from California to coastal Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, and the Pribilof Islands. During the breeding season, they can be seen flying back to their nests to feed their young with as many as a dozen fish drooping like an old man's whiskers from the sides of their bills. These were photographed on St. Paul Island in the Pribilofs. Photo taken with a Celestron 1250mm f10 mirror lens on Ektachrome 400 film pushed to 800. (Date: June 1984)

[Length 15 in. Wingspan 25 in.]

This Tufted Puffin was photographed in the water below Ridge Wall on St. Paul Island in the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1984)

[Length 17 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This Razorbill was photographed at Fowlsheugh RSPB Reserve, Stonehaven, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: May 26, 2004)

[Length 17 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This winter plumaged Razorbill was photographed at the mouth of the Manasquan River Inlet in New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: March 1992)

[Length 17 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This Razorbill was photographed at Fowlsheugh RSPB Reserve, Stonehaven, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: May 28, 2004)

[Length 17 in. Wingspan 26 in.]

This Razorbill was photographed at Lerwick, Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 10, 2004)

[Length 23 in. Wingspan 55 in.]

This Great Skua was photographed at Quendale, Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 180mm EDAF-D f2.8 lens (EFL=270mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 2, 2004)