Warmer temperatures and the official start of spring mark a new beginning for the tufted puffins as breeding season brings ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A pair of tufted puffins are likely nesting near Yaquina Head for the first time since the late ‘90s and birders are gathering in Lincoln County to witness the homecoming. U.S.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 4—CANNON BEACH — John Underwood became fascinated with tufted puffins during his visits to Cannon Beach as a child. He ...

THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA — The R/V Puffin sliced through uncharacteristically calm waters near Smith Island, a lopsided pancake of land often buffeted by wind and waves at the end of the strait.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – It’s April, which means tufted puffins are making their grand return to the Oregon Coast. The beloved orange-billed birds come to Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach each Spring to ...

PROTECTION ISLAND — Once spread across the Salish Sea/Puget Sound, tufted puffins are now a rare sight in this area as their range contracts. Endangered in Washington state since 2015, there was only ...

CANNON BEACH — The four-month nesting season of Haystack Rock’s tufted puffin colony began early last month, and seven students from Arch Cape’s Fire Mountain School spent their sunny Earth Day ...

A new study says thousands of tufted puffins are dying because of climate change.Get the full story in the video below ...

MONTEREY — The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Open Sea wing has a brand new resident never before seen on the facility’s premises: a tufted puffin chick. While the chick is the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s first ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service deemed the tufted puffin unworthy of federal protection, despite declining population in Oregon and elsewhere. A tufted puffin is pictured at the Oregon Coast ...

CANNON BEACH – On a May morning, the tide flowing out, the sun shining, a man peers through binoculars at , oblivious to the dogs, kids and beachcombers passing around him. Then suddenly, he shouts to ...