Puffinology (PUFFINS) with Jill Taylor
What exactly IS a puffin? Who are they related to? Are they disco birds? WHY are they so cute? Should you kiss one? Throw one? Are they in danger? Get up in a blanket burrow and listen to field researcher and legit Puffinologist, Jillian Taylor, give us all the details on who eats them, if they are neat freaks or not, their surprising life expectancy, and how they make their long marriages work. Also: the toilets with the best views, Star Wars trivia, a cereal lore, and who should NOT become a puffinologist.
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A donation was made to CPAWS Newfoundland and Labrador
Links to things we discussed:
Know Your Puffins | Smithsonian Ocean
Rhinoceros Auklet | Audubon Field Guide
Auk - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Where Do Maine's Atlantic Puffins Go for the Winter? | Audubon
A Raft of Puffins is a Delight at Sea - Childlike Fascination
We Went Inside a Puffin Burrow I Cute Puffling Bird Underground
Atlantic Puffin Burrow Cam - baby puffins | Explore.org
Witless Bay Ecological Reserve - Environment and Climate Change
Puffin Chicks | Audubon Seabird Institute
No evidence of extra-pair paternity in the Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
Puffin - Breeding | Young People's Trust For the Environment
Puffins make poor diet choices when the chips are down
Puffins Wheeling and Landing on Vimeo
Puffins Reunite with Their Lifelong Mates
Puffin Population Declining More Rapidly than Previously Believed
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Atlantic Puffin
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Tufted Puffin
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Horned Puffin
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Rhinoceros Auklet
Porgs Only Exist Because 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Couldn't Get Rid of Puffins | GQ
Photoluminescence in the bill of the Atlantic Puffin
Puffins Seen Using Tools, Breaking Dumb-Puffin Stereotypes - JSTOR Daily
Why People Are Throwing Baby Puffins Off Cliffs in Iceland
Iceland food can be unusual; check out these 10 dishes | CNN
Puffins Cereal | MrBreakfast.com
Behind the scenes of Elf’s puffin animation
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Editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jacob Chaffee
Managing Director: Susan Hale
Scheduling Producer: Noel Dilworth
Transcripts by Aveline Malek
Website by Kelly R. Dwyer
Theme song by Nick Thorburn