Walrus Island Birds

Thousands of sea birds nest on Round Island during the sub-arctic summer.

bird colony

Horned puffins are found on rocks near the top of a cliff.

one puffin flapping its wings two puffins puffin greeting cozy rock ledge puffin pair on a ledge

Tufted puffins nest in burrows at the top of cliffs.

tufted puffin tufted puffin at nest burrow tufted puffins at nest burrow tufted puffins at nest burrow

Kittiwakes and murres nest lower on the cliffs. Kittiwakes build nests of dead grasses.

kittiwake and murre colony red-legged kittiwakes (juvenile) black-legged kittiwakes black-legged kittiwake

Murres lay their sharp pointed eggs on bare rocks.

murres on Black Rock common murres at Observation Point common murres at Observation Point

Parrakeet auklets

parrakeet auklets parrakeet auklet

Cormorants roost just above the waves.

cormorant colony

Glaucous gull

glaucous gull

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