Tufted Puffins at Haystack Rock Oregon-2012

I am always so envious of those of you that get the up close and personal shots of Puffins - but since the only place I have been that Puffins hang out is Cannon Beach Oregon this is what you get- this year I had my new 500 mm lens which enabled me to get some nice shots - the closest you can get to these is low tide on the beach and shooting straight up 235' +
Hope you enjoy they are such cute and comical birds -

Pairs flying

those are great. i had no idea they lived in the US, all the photos i've seen of them are from Ireland. I'm in Oregon every couple of months, gotta check this out.

They are only here from April to August - so try and see them soon

Great puffin in-flight shots. I find them difficult to track for some reason.

I also did not know they were out there, Congrats to you

nice job Marcy.
youre all around the US huh?
I know you were in AZ a few months ago.

you should get up to Maine to get the Atlantic Puffins if you can.

Marcy wrote in post #14677012
They are only here from April to August - so try and see them soon

Darn, I was there this past weekend. Do you know where they go when they're not there?

Thanks all - since we travel all summer in the RV we get to see a lot of the country - have not gotten to Maine yet
The Puffins leave in August when the young have fledged and then go to sea -where they spend the winter and they loose the color and become sort of mottled gray -