Facts All About Facts All About PuffinsPuffins

By Olivia SorensenBy Olivia Sorensen

•Over the last month I have Over the last month I have been researching the puffin. I been researching the puffin. I will teach you about its will teach you about its physical description, its physical description, its habitat, its defenses, its habitat, its defenses, its prey, its predators, and some prey, its predators, and some interesting facts.interesting facts.

Physical DescriptionPhysical Description

HabitatHabitat

• Do you know where Do you know where the puffin lives? the puffin lives? The puffin lives The puffin lives near the Atlantic near the Atlantic Ocean. Things you Ocean. Things you will see in the will see in the puffins habitat are puffins habitat are grass, burrows, and grass, burrows, and other puffins. The other puffins. The puffin can survive puffin can survive here because they here because they eat sand eels.eat sand eels.

DefenseDefense

• Do you know how the Do you know how the puffin protects itself? puffin protects itself? The puffin growls and The puffin growls and uses body language to uses body language to protect itself. One way protect itself. One way the puffin protects the puffin protects itself is by growling at itself is by growling at its predators to scare its predators to scare them away. Another them away. Another detail about the puffins detail about the puffins defense is using body defense is using body language by sticking out language by sticking out its wings .its wings .

PreyPrey• Munch…munch… munch. Munch…munch… munch. The puffin eats sand The puffin eats sand eels, crabs, and eels, crabs, and shrimp. Sand eels are shrimp. Sand eels are the puffins favorite the puffins favorite food. They can find food. They can find sand eels in the sand eels in the water. The puffin goes water. The puffin goes under the water to get under the water to get shrimp then it comes shrimp then it comes back up. The puffin back up. The puffin eats crabs and finds eats crabs and finds them on the beach. The them on the beach. The puffin uses its puffin uses its colorful beak to catch colorful beak to catch a dozen of fish. a dozen of fish.

PredatorsPredators• Flap…flap…flap. The Flap…flap…flap. The puffin is flying away puffin is flying away from its predators. from its predators. Foxes prey on puffins Foxes prey on puffins for food to survive. for food to survive. Rats kill puffins Rats kill puffins because they are because they are hungry for survival. hungry for survival. Another predator of Another predator of the puffin is falcons. the puffin is falcons. The falcon kills the The falcon kills the puffin for survival. puffin for survival. You can find the You can find the predators near the predators near the Atlantic Ocean.Atlantic Ocean.

Interesting FactsInteresting Facts

•Do you what to know some interesting Do you what to know some interesting facts about the puffin? I have three facts about the puffin? I have three interesting facts about the puffin interesting facts about the puffin they are the missing toe, clown they are the missing toe, clown faces, and early days. Puffins have faces, and early days. Puffins have webbed feet that make them great webbed feet that make them great swimmers in the water and they have a swimmers in the water and they have a missing toe. Some people say puffins missing toe. Some people say puffins look like little clowns. The baby look like little clowns. The baby puffin eats more than 50 fish a day.puffin eats more than 50 fish a day.

•Now this is the end of my Now this is the end of my report. What did you learn report. What did you learn about my puffin research?about my puffin research?