Atlantic Puffin, Macareux Moine, Frailecillo / Fratercula Arctica

            "Puffins Amp Up Their Sex Appeal With Glowing Beaks. New research adds the Atlantic Puffin to a growing list of birds with features that react to ultraviolet light. 
In puffin courtship, making a good impression is all about the beak. When one Atlantic Puffin approaches another, the two birds bow their heads and rub their candy-corn bills together while rapidly shaking their faces back and forth. Sometimes, a crowd of bobbing puffins will form around the pair, egging them on.
Now, scientists have discovered that there is more to this display of affection than meets the human eye. That’s because if you shine ultraviolet light on a puffin in breeding plumage, streaks on its beak glow a bright cyan-green color. The discovery could help us see puffins as they see themselves—and force us to reexamine our assumptions about how birds and other animals experience the world and each other. While our retinas have three kinds of photoreceptors, called cones, to pick up red, green, and blue wavelengths of light, bird retinas have four, letting them see red, green, blue, and ultraviolet light."
National Audubon Society
  
Photographed in the wild, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
   

Taken on: August 10, 2017

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Newfoundland and Labrador

Canada

Macareux Moine

Frailecillo Atlántico

Fratercula Arctica

Papagaio-do-mar

Papageitaucher

Lunda

Papegaaiduiker

Pulcinella di mare

Lunnefågel

Lunde

Mníšik bielobradý

papuchalk severní

lunni

fraret atlàntic

Lundi

maskonur (zwyczajny)

Atlantijas tuklītis

mormon

Тупик

ニシツノメドリ

北极海鹦

北極海鸚

National Audubon Society

Guy Lacroix Flickr

Guy Lacroix Photography « less

Sets appears in: • Seabirds, Oiseaux de Mer, Aves Marinas,Maris Avesque • Birds, Oiseaux, Aves, Avium

Groups appears in: • Birdshare • Photo News Canada Gallery more » • Audubon magazine « less

Camera: Nikon D7100, f/11.0, 1/1600 sec, 550mm (=825mm), ISO 1000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7100
Lens:	150.0-600.0 mm f/5.0-6.3
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1600)
Focal Length:	550mm (35mm equivalent: 825mm)
ISO:	1000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	High gain up
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.14 (Windows)
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