Funny birds puffins - Russian penguins

Puffins (Lunda cirrhata) - natives of the North Pacific, including the Far Eastern seas of Russia, and some waters of the Arctic Ocean. These seabirds, puffins migrate most of his life in the open ocean. However, for breeding every spring for four months returned to his native shores.





On the maps of the Kamchatka Krai and the Sakhalin Oblast can find a number of islands and coastal cliffs single, named in honor of puffins. And the traditional place of reproduction - the Commander archipelago, where is one of the largest and most ancient settlements of these birds, of course, referred to as the island Toporkov. Every year here flew more than 100 thousand individuals, despite the fact that the area of ​​the piece of land is less than half a square kilometer.



Puffins nest equip begin in May. Most birds to lay their eggs make a hole in the layer of peat: dig shelters strong beak, wielding it as a pick and legs rake the soil outside



Glaucous-winged gull selects legitimate prey in lund.



Since fishing spots are far removed from the land, puffins bring chick once the whole "bunch of" fish clamped in its beak. Reliably established record catch - 29 fishes at a time!



If a strong long surf island surrounds a broad band of sea foam, saturated green microalgae that feed on birds.