Puffins in Iceland

[nanila]

It has long been a dream of mine to see puffins in the flesh, so our Iceland trip included a puffin-watching jaunt in Reykjavik harbour. The puffins had given up on breeding on the islands in the harbour & were headed back out to sea, so we only got to see them on the water. They were pretty tough to photograph, being skittish and also quite small. Their take-off from water is less than graceful as it involves a lot of frantic flapping and their flying silhouette is rather chunky. But they were adorable to watch.

Comments

[meloukhia]

Puffins! Oh, I'm so jealous. That must have been amazing in person.

[holyschist]

Oooh, you got more puffin sightings than I did! I showed up late enough that they were pretty far out. :-( I think one has to go in the middle of summer to properly see them on land.

[foxfinial]

I didn't see puffins, but I did eat one! I'm... not sure this is the same achievement.

[sfred]

Wow! Well photographed!

[lark_ascends]

Cool!