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In mating and courtship, the puffins will pair up before they come onto the island from the ocean. Once they are on land, the pair may perform billing, a behaviour where the puffins rub their beaks together. This display will usually draw a crowd of puffins to share in the excitement. Tufted Puffins, St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska
Tufted Puffin, St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska
Puffins are very social birds. They nest in colonies, where several pairs have nests close together. The puffins interact regularly through many behaviours, including a courtship display called billing. Once paired off, puffins will generally stay with the same mate for life, returning to the burrow they dug together for subsequent mating seasons. After the female lays a single egg, both parents take turn incubating the egg for about 45-55 days. Both the male and female take turns in feeding the chick, small fish and zooplankton. Tufted Puffins, St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska
