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A Puffin Landing on an Icelandic Cliff

This is an Atlantic Puffin from Icelands eastern coast coming in for a landing. The puffins spend the majority of their time in the water fishing, and often come back with beaks full of sand eels. This one was unsuccessful and came back empty beaked.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 05.2016
Date Uploaded: 10.2017
Photo Location: Iceland
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Copyright: © Eric Fisher