Two puffins (plate 213) have made their way to the library and are on display in our reading room from January 10 through February 7. The puffin, with its vibrantly colored beak, is sometimes referred to as a sea parrot! In addition to the full print, we’ve also included a close-up image of one of the puffins so the detailing in its face can be seen.
Audubon wrote that he saw a good number of puffins as far south as Georgia in the winter of 1831 and 1832, though they are more abundantly seen in northern locations like Canada's Bay of Fundy. Read more from his account here.
