PUFFIN
The puffin is a relatively small bird that mainly lives on beaches or coves (by the sea).
The breeding colonies start in spring-summer, and return back to land when breeding season is finished.
puffins are carnivores as they eat fish, and can live up to 20 years or more, Atlantic puffins have penguin-like colouring but they sport a colourful beak that has led some to dub them the "sea parrot." The beak fades to a drab Gray during the winter and blooms with colour again in the spring—suggesting that it may be attractive to potential mates.
In the air, puffins are surprisingly fleet flyers. By flapping their wings up to 400 times per minute they can reach speeds of 55 miles per hour.
A puffin relative to a tea cup is about the size of a parrot:
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