How to Use puffin in a Sentence

puffin

noun
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  • About two-thirds of the puffins fledged chicks last year, Lyons said.
    — Patrick Whittle, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
  • At the puffin colony, the whish-whish sound of thousands of birds filled the air.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 24 Nov. 2019
  • By now, the puffins had vacated the area, and gulls swarmed the sea caves.
    — Kayla Becker, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Whales, puffins, lynx and moose also find places to bed down for the night.
    — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Nov. 2019
  • But the area is best known for the colorful-beaked puffins.
    — Julia Blakely, Smithsonian, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Book a cruise on the harbor cruises or one to spot whales and puffins.
    — Atlanta Life, ajc, 18 May 2017
  • On the rocky, windswept coast of Iceland, the puffins are returning.
    — Helen Czerski, WSJ, 7 Apr. 2017
  • Getting the puffin chicks to the island was no easy task.
    — Pamela Boykoff, CNN, 30 Sep. 2020
  • That would have given me more hope about the puffins’ long-term survival.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Beaks on both puffins studied had the same orange glow.
    — Jamie Dunning, National Geographic, 27 Apr. 2018
  • What’s a puffin to do with an itchy back and a short little beak? Grab a stick, a new study suggests.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2019
  • But this was the first puffin in the station's 44-year history.
    — USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Cool down by dipping your feet in the chilly waters, and be sure to keep an eye out for puffins nesting on the cliffs above.
    — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 15 July 2024
  • Keep watch for whales or, often just as thrilling, puffins speeding by.
    — Jenna Schnuer, Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2018
  • The spring also marks the start of the puffin season, with many of these adorable birds returning to the coastlines to breed.
    — James Barrett, Redbook, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Foula is home to some of Britain’s highest cliffs, a large puffin colony, no shops and around 30 people.
    — Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Guests can stay for the night, camp or try puffin at the restaurant of this quirky country hotel.
    — Katie Lockhart, CNN, 26 July 2022
  • Tip: Look for puffins on steep, grassy cliffs from early-April through mid-August.
    — National Geographic, 21 June 2019
  • That appears to be what has happened with puffins in the remote Pribolofs.
    — Paul Melovidov, National Geographic, 8 Nov. 2016
  • By mid-July of this year, the sand lance had disappeared and the puffins switched to haddock, hake and redfish.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Sep. 2023
  • In 1977, a few days after the decoys were installed, the first puffin returned to the island.
    — Pamela Boykoff, CNN, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Photographers flock to the island for pictures of the puffins, who nest there each year.
    — Katherine Lam, Fox News, 31 July 2018
  • Consider the evening excursion to Thulla Islet, home to colonies of puffins and seals.
    — Brigid Mander, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2018
  • There are four species of puffin: the Atlantic, the horned, the tufted and the rhinoceros auklet.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2022
  • As excellent swimmers, puffins spend most of their lives at sea.
    — Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 21 Dec. 2017
  • But no one protests when puffin is on the menu at the islands’ only Michelin-starred restaurant.
    — The Economist, 9 Aug. 2019
  • More than 20 bird species, including colonies of puffins, the sight of them waddling over the rocks makes for a delightful photo — live around the cliffs.
    — Shivani Vora, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2019
  • More than 20 bird species - including colonies of puffins, the sight of them waddling over the rocks makes for a delightful photo - live around the cliffs.
    — Shivani Vora, chicagotribune.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The puffins were laying eggs earlier in even-numbered years and later in odd years.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 15 June 2018
  • These include efforts to cull mice in favor of albatrosses, rats in favor of puffins, and pythons in favor of bobcats.
    — The New Yorker, 12 June 2024

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