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.

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 ...

As a volunteer, Tim Halloran spent many mornings pointing out tufted puffin activity to visitors. Every summer for the past 12 years, Friends of Haystack Rock volunteer Tim Halloran has risen early to ...

CANNON BEACH — The puffins are early risers, but so is Tim Halloran. For the past 12 years, he has spent most summer mornings — and many sunsets — with his binoculars aimed at a tufted puffin colony ...

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.

MONTEREY (BCN) -- Birth of the first tufted puffin to be bred at the Monterey Bay Aquarium was announced last week by aquarium officials. The chick hatched on July 19 from an egg laid in June. The ...

Just 553. That is the estimated number of individual Tufted Puffins remaining in Oregon, based on the 2021 coastwide survey conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). It’s a staggering ...

The Tufted Puffins, those adorable black and white seabirds with the big feet and bright beaks, are coming home to Cannon Beach for the summer, and the city is throwing them a welcome home party. The ...