The Greedy Great Skua (ESA)
Akureyri (âgravel bank fieldâ) promises visitors a lively stay with its many art galleries and museums, outdoor recreation in summer and winter, an awakening of the taste buds at the townâs gourmet restaurants and breathtaking views of natural sites around the corner. Take a look at this special promotion about Icelandâs northern capital. moreA slain puffin. Its head and colorful beak at a twisted angle, the remains of its innards and skeleton stretched out to twice the birdâs length, black and white feathers scattered around the grass. This is the work of the great skua.
âI donât feel sorry for the occasional puffin that gets caught,â commented Einar Sigurdsson, who runs tours to the bird reserve Ingólfshöfdi in southeast Iceland with his family. âThere are millions of puffins but only thousands of them.â
Einar Sigurdsson (left) and my traveling companions. The tractor that Sigurdsson uses to drive tourists to Ingólfshöfdi is in the background.
Yet I couldnât help feeling a bit sorry for the poor puffin. It was probably a male bird given that it was still May. Sigurdsson had just told us that the male bird arrives first from the winter habitat to clean the burrow before his partner comes to lay the egg.
âHe comes to clean the toiletâ¦â Some chuckles could be heard from the crowd. âNo, really!â Sigurdsson insisted. âThere is a separate tunnel in the burrow which the chick uses as a toilet and it has to be cleaned.â
Approaching Ingólfshöfdi.
There werenât many puffins on the promontory this early in the season but as soon as our guide spotted one, he brought out his telescope, placed it firmly on the edge of a cliff and invited us to take a look at the bird up close. Such an adorable little creature.
All around us were holes in the ground: puffin burrows. âThe puffin just lays one egg and itâs so big that the puffin canât sit on top of it. Instead it has to embrace it,â Sigurdsson explained, imitating a puffin mother embracing a giant egg. âThatâs probably why it takes so long to hatch.â
I thought about the slain puffinâs partner arriving to an empty half-cleaned burrow. No chick for her this season and maybe not ever again; puffins mate for life.
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