*** THE PUFFIN COLONY OF BORGARFJÖRÐUR ***


Atlantic Puffins
(Fratercula arctica) are members of the Auk family and live for 25~30 years.
After a winter-long separation at sea, the breeding pairs arrive in early April to re-unite at their nesting burrows in the turf on Hafnarhólmi islet's upper slopes. Single eggs are laid in the burrow mid-May, and one of the adult Puffins remains incubating the egg in the burrow-nest while the other adult flies out to sea fishing. The Puffin chicks (Pufflings) hatch at the turn of June~July. The adult birds bring back beakfuls of sand eels garnered on their fishing trips, and can be seen standing by their burrows early evening. The Puffins depart from the islet early August to over-winter at sea.

Our photographs were taken late afternoon at the Puffin colony
on the islet top of Hafnarhólmi by Höfn, east of Borgarfjörður Eystri.
 
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