Tufted Puffin In Flight with nesting material. The background is the Bering Sea (Fratercula cirrhata, Macareux huppe, TUPU) Saint Paul Island, AK ©Christopher Dodds Sony Alpha a9 Mirrorless Camera & Sony FE 400 f/2.8 GM OSS ISO 2,500, f/5.6 @ 1/5,000s Manual Exposure mode. Join me for my Saint Paul Island, AK workshop this July to learn more CLICK HERE.
Sitting on top of cliffs with my lens pointed down tracking seabirds might be one of my favourite things to do. This is a Tufted Puffin bringing some nesting material back to its rocky crevice nest.
The Tufted Puffin is among the Alaskan seabirds facing the challenges of climate change and dying in large numbers. Be sure to read more here: