Issue Five: Cuteness factor of eleven

NOAA TEACHER AT SEA
CATHRINE PRENOT FOX
ONBOARD NOAA SHIP OSCAR DYSON
JULY 24 – AUGUST 14, 2011
 

Personal Log:

I'd like to say that it was for purely scientific reasons that the next cartoon in the series features the Puffins of Alaska.  The truth be told, it was their deliciously cute little squishy bodies, their Buddha-like serenity and comical attempts at movement above water.  Not sold yet?  One viewing of the live "Puffin Cam" on Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge and you will be enraptured...

http://projectpuffin.org/images/PuffinsWithCam07.jpg

These are Atlantic Puffins, and while marvelously interesting, are not native to Alaskan waters.  Instead, I am excited to introduce you to the Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) and Horned Puffin (F. corniculata), both residents of the air, land and water surrounding the Oscar Dyson.

www.birdinginformation.com/wp-content/gallery/cache/1790__400x400_tufted-puffin-breeding-4a.jpg

www.nhptv.org/natureworks/hornedpuffin.htm

Adventures in a Blue World.  Issue 5.  Cathrine Prenot Fox, 2011

See what I mean?  How can you resist them?  For more on these chubby dumplings of the sea, check out issue five of Adventures in a Blue World:  Cuteness factor of eleven (Cartoon citations 1, 2, and 3).

Until our next adventure,
Cat