Does anyone know of nesting grounds other than maybe Smith Island (where the Tufted Puffins nest) where these have their burrowing nesting colonies? I'm aware of Protection Island but that's a bit far away.

It's 40 miles from where this shot was taken to Smith Island. Seems a long way with a beakful of food.

Very fun to watch. The gulls sure have a good eye spotting where the Rhinos will surface and do manage to get a fish or two now and then from them.


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A single egg is incubated by both parents for 45 days. The chick is then fed each night with a bill full of fish for 50 days. With a bill full of Pacific sand lance? I'm thinking they nest not too far away. Point Whitehorn, Birch Bay WA

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Interesting info & video from BirdNote: http://birdnote.org/blog/2014/06/inside-burrow-rhinoceros-auklet
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Everyone knows puffins. Who could forget their comical behavior ? with an appearance to match? But you may not know about the Rhinoceros Auklet, a close relative to ...





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