Infobox publisher image Image PuffinBooks logo.png parent Penguin Young Readers Group Penguin Group ... nasdaq url http www.puffin.co.uk www.puffin.co.uk PuffinBooks is the children s imprint of British publishers Penguin Books . Since the 1960s it has been the largest publisher of children s books in the UK ... releases1 090403 puffinlogo.pdf Puffin Children s Books changes its logo for the first time in 40 years Press release, April 2003 ref History Early history Four years after Penguin Books had been founded by Allen Lane , the idea for PuffinBooks was born in 1939 when Noel Carrington , at the time an editor for Country Life magazine Country Life books, met him and proposed a series of children s non fiction picture books, inspired by the brightly coloured lithographed books mass produced at the time ... books from the 1980s. 1980s to 1990s The 1980s saw Puffin taking full advantage of popular culture ... The History of Puffin ref ref http www.stellabooks.com articles puffinpicturebooks.php Puffin Picture Books , Stella & Rose s Books ref Lane saw the potential, and the first of the picture book series were published the following year. The name puffin was a natural companion to the existing penguin and pelican books. Many continued to be reprinted right into the 1970s. A fiction list soon followed, when Puffin secured the paperback rights to Barbara Euphan Todd s Worzel Gummidge , published in hardback in 1936, and brought it out as the first Puffin story book in 1941. The first Puffin Editor ... Puffin made its mark in fantasy with tales such as The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ... were acquired by Puffin included The Family from One End Street by Eve Garnett , the first children s fiction title to depict a working class home, which Puffin published in 1942, the Professor Branestawm books by Norman Hunter author Norman Hunter 1946 , Ballet Shoes novel Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild ... 1960 . Many different genres featured in the list, e.g. The Puffin Song Book PS 100 , 1956 ... more details
Pete Robson s Lundy Island Site ref PuffinBooks is the children s imprint of British publishers Penguin Books . ref name OED Footnotes Reflist References Alsop, Fred J. III 2001 Atlantic Puffin in Smithsonian ...Other uses Taxobox name Puffin image Puffin002.jpg image width 250px image caption Atlantic Puffin s F ... Brisson , 1760 subdivision ranks Thing subdivision Atlantic Puffin F. arctica br Tufted Puffin F. cirrhata br Horned Puffin F. corniculata br For prehistoric species, see article text. Puffins are any ... in crevices among rocks or in burrows in the soil. Two species, the Tufted Puffin and Horned Puffin , are found in the North Pacific Ocean , while the Atlantic Puffin is found in the North Atlantic Ocean. All puffin species have predominantly black or black and white plumage, a stocky build, and large ... PuffinQuestions.html 9. title 26 Questions About Puffins work Project Puffin publisher ... authors place the Tufted Puffin in the genus Lunda . ref name harrison1 Harrison 1988 p. 406 ref ... name puffin was originally applied to the Manx Shearwater which in 1652 was known as the Manks Puffin . Puffin is an Anglo Norman word Middle English pophyn or poffin ref name OED Cite encyclopedia title Puffin encyclopedia Oxford English Dictionary editor J. Simpson, E. Weiner eds year 1989 edition ... Manx Shearwaters. The Atlantic Puffin acquired the name much later, possibly because of its similar ... to Paleobiology 90 233 &ndash 365. ref but were later reassigned to one Fratercula , the Tufted Puffin ..., Storrs L. Clarke, J. A. month year 2007 title First Atlantic Record of the Horned Puffin genus Cerorhinca ... Another extinct species, Dow s Puffin Fratercula dowi was found on the Channel Islands of California ... late Pleistocene puffin Aves Alcidae from the southern California Channel Islands journal Proceedings ... Common and binomial names width 12 Image width 35 Description width 35 Range Atlantic Puffin br Fratercula arctica center File Puffin Latrabjarg Iceland.jpg 500x160px center 32 cm 12.5 in long ... more details
Puffins are stocky black and white pelagic seabirds in the genus Fratercula . Puffin or Puffins may also refer to Parnall Puffin experimental amphibious fighter reconnaissance biplane. Puffin aircraft Puffin aircraft , a NASA technology concept for a personal flying craft. PuffinBooks , an imprint of Penguin Books specialising in children s literature Puffin Lightvessel Puffin unit of currency, from an unofficial coinage see Coins of Lundy Puffin crossing , a road safety feature Puffin, a fictional bird in The Swan Princess trilogy some of the butterflies in the genus Appias genus Appias Puffin Island disambig ... more details
Puffin Island is the name of several islands in a number of countries. In most cases the island has been so named because it has or used to have a colony of puffin s. Puffin Islands include Canada Puffin Island Baccalieu Tickle , Newfoundland and Labrador Puffin Island Greenspond , Newfoundland and Labrador Iceland Lundey Puffin Island , Reykjav k Ireland Puffin Island County Kerry United Kingdom Puffin Island Anglesey , Wales Lundy in the Bristol Channel may also be included, as its name means Puffin Island in Norse United States Puffin Island Alaska Puffin Island Maine Puffin Island Washington geodis ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Puffin Lightvessel was a lightvessel situated at Daunt Rock, 25 miles south west of Roche s Point near Cork city Cork harbour entrance and was in the care of the Commissioners of Irish Lights . It sank on October 8, 1896 in a hurricane . The crew of eight was lost. In August 1897, the wreck of the Puffin was towed into Cobh harbour. Category Transport in County Cork Ireland maritime stub ... more details
Taxobox name Atlantic Puffin image Atlantic Puffin.jpg image width 260px image caption Adults in breeding ... Puffin Fratercula species F. arctica binomial Fratercula arctica binomial authority Carl Linnaeus ... Puffin lang la Fratercula arctica is a seabird species in the auk family biology family ... coloured bill. Also known as the Common Puffin , it is the only puffin species which is found ... Puffin is the provincial bird for the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador . Description The Atlantic Puffin is convert 26 29 cm in length beak bill 3 4 cm , with a convert 47 ... in courtship rituals, such as the pair tapping their bills together. ref Project Puffin http www.projectpuffin.org movies Puffin videos . Retrieved 2008 JAN 13. ref During flight, it appears to have ... Puffin Fratercula corniculata from the North Pacific looks very similar but has slightly different head ornaments. The Atlantic Puffin is typically silent at sea, except for soft purring sounds it sometimes ... s coastlines. The largest puffin colony in the western Atlantic estimated at more than 260,000 pairs ... Ecological Reserve . Retrieved 2008 JAN 13. ref Puffin viewing has also started to become popular ... been known to be tame enough to get even 2 or 3 feet away from them. Predators of the Atlantic Puffin ... sized species, which can catch a puffin in flight, or pick off one separated from the colony. Smaller ... down a healthy adult puffin, take eggs or recently hatched chicks, and will also steal fish. Diet ... Treshnish Isles , Scotland Image Puffin attacks razorbill.ogv thumb Atlantic Puffin defending its burrow from a pair of Razorbills, Lundy The Atlantic Puffin is sexually mature at the age of 4 5 years ... off in a molt. ref Cite NIE Puffin year 1905 ref Relationship with humans Image Fleygamenn Trongisv gur.jpg thumb Puffin hunters, Faroe Islands , 1898 or 1899 Image Stora dimun puffins for kitchen.jpg ... principal prey. On the other hand, puffin numbers increased considerably in the late twentieth ... more details
Image PuffinCrossing.jpg thumb right 100 Puffin control panel A pedestrian user friendly intelligent crossing puffin crossing is a type of pedestrian crossing in use in the United Kingdom . It differs from a pelican crossing in that the lights controlling the pedestrians are on the near side of the road, rather than on the opposite side. The system also utilises sensors which detect the presence of pedestrians waiting at the crossing, and as they are crossing the road. Unlike the older Pelican and Toucan crossing designs, where the pedestrian signal lights are mounted on the opposite side of the road, the puffin crossing mounts them at the near road side, set diagonally to the road edge. The stated reason for this design is to allow the pedestrian to monitor passing traffic while waiting for the signal to cross. ref name dft.gov.uk http www.dft.gov.uk pgr roads tss gpg puffingoodpracticeguide.pdf Foreword, Puffin Good Practice Guide, Department for Transport, 2006 ref A second stated reason for the design is that having the lights closer to the user would assist visually impaired people who could have difficulty viewing the signal from across the carriageway. ref name dft.gov.uk In addition to the positioning of the crossing control lights, some push button units the lower box in the picture are also fitted with a tactile knob under the unit which rotates when the user may cross. This feature is also added to some pelican crossings. After requesting to cross by pressing a button a kerb side detector monitors the pedestrian s continued presence at the crossing. Should the pedestrian ... of British Roadsigns , UK Dept. for Transport, 2nd Edition, 1999 Further reading Puffin Good Practice ... Puffin Good Practice Guide Video, UK Dept. of Transport, 2006 http www.dft.gov.uk pgr roads tss gpg puffingoodpracticeguidevideo.mpg The Installation of Puffin Pedestrian Crossings, UK Dept. of Transport, 2002 http www.dft.gov.uk 162259 165240 244921 244924 TAL1 02.pdf Puffin Pedestrian Crossing ... more details
Taxobox name Horned Puffin status LC status system IUCN3.1 image Fratercula corniculataUSFWSSL0002774.jpg image width 200px regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Charadriiformes familia auks Alcidae genus Puffin Fratercula species F. corniculata binomial Fratercula corniculata binomial authority Johann Friedrich Naumann Naumann, JF , 1821 The Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata is an auk , similar in appearance to the Atlantic Puffin this bird s bill is yellow at the base and red at the tip. It is a pelagic seabird that feeds primarily by diving for fish. It nests in Bird colony colonies , often with other auks. The yellow bill plate grows before the breeding season and is shed later. They have a small fleshy black horn above their eyes. They have a white face with a dark line extending from the back of the eye and red feet. This species breeds on rocky islands off the coasts of Siberia , Alaska and British Columbia , in burrows, in rocky cavities or among rocks. It winters far out to sea. Feeding areas are usually located fairly far offshore from the nest. There is usually one chick and both parents feed the young. Horned Puffins will return from hunting with several small fish in their beaks. They also eat squid and crustacean s. The population of these birds has declined due to the introduction of rats onto some islands used for nesting. References File Horned Puffin, Hall Island.jpg thumb left Horned Puffin, Hall Island Alaska Hall Island IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International year 2004 id 49302 title Fratercula corniculata downloaded 11 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America ISBN 0 7922 6877 6 Seabirds, an Identification Guide ... Puffin http www.puffinpalooza.com Puffinpalooza.com Commons Fratercula corniculata Category Alcidae Category Auks Puffin, Horned az Sakit Okean k tdimdiyi br Poc han kornek ca Fraret corniculat ... more details
Unreferenced date May 2007 Dr. Stephen W. Kress of the National Audubon Society started Project Puffin in 1973 in an effort to learn how to restore puffins to historic nesting islands in the Gulf of Maine . At that time, literally all the puffin eggs in Maine were located on two small islands Matinicus Rock and Machias Seal Island . Although puffins are not an endangered species they are abundant in Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland , Iceland , and United Kingdom Britain , they are quite rare in Maine. The two surviving groups were very vulnerable to a disaster such as an oil spill , or accidental introducing of predators such as rats or mink . File Kress and puffin large.jpg left thumb Stephen Kress and a puffin on Easter Egg Rock. The project began with an attempt to restore puffins to Eastern Egg Rock Island Eastern Egg Rock in Muscongus Bay , about six miles away from Pemaquid Point . Puffins had nested on the islets until hunters took out the last survivors of this once flourishing colony . The restoration of puffins to Eastern Egg Rock is based on the fact that young puffins usually return to breed on the same island where they hatched. Young puffins from Great Island Newfoundland and Labrador Great Island where about 160,000 pairs nest were transplanted to Eastern Egg Rock when they were about 10 14 days old. The young puffins were then nested in artificial sod burrow s for about one month. Audubon biologists placed handfuls of vitamin fortified fish in their burrows each day and, in effect, took the place of parent puffins. As the young puffins reached fledging age the time when birds leave the nest , they received bird ringing identification tags so they could ... time an attempt had been made to restore a puffin colony, the outcome is unknown. Between 1973 ... them ashore and encourage the birds to explore their home, wooden puffin decoys were positioned atop ... pairs in 2001. External links http www.projectpuffin.org Project Puffin Web page Category Natural ... more details
Image Dreierprofil.jpg thumb right 320px Atlantic Puffins on Mykines Puffin is a culinary speciality of the Faroe Islands , in the North Atlantic Ocean . Atlantic Puffin s breed in the islands in large numbers, notably on Mykines , and from July, after the breeding season, it is legal to catch them for food. Puffins are also widely harvested and eaten in Iceland , especially in the Vestmannaeyjar Westmen Isles . Puffin harvesting Image Fleygamenn Trongisv gur.jpg thumb left Faroese fleygers with their catch, late 19th century The Faroes are home to about five million seabirds , including two million breeding pairs, with a Biomass ecology biomass of 3,000 tonnes. Seabird harvesting in the Faroe Islands has been carried out sustainability sustainably for at least 300 years, historically forming a very important component of the Faroese diet. Bag limits are now set each year to maintain the harvest of tens of thousands of birds annually. Ownership of the seabird colony areas where puffins, and other harvested seabirds, breed and are caught, may be by individuals or communally by villages. Puffins and Northern Fulmar fulmars are the most important species harvested, but Common Guillemot guillemots and Northern Gannet gannets and, historically, other species are also taken. ref N rrevang, Arne. 1986 . Traditions of sea bird fowling in the Faroes An ecological basis for sustained fowling. Ornis Scandinavica 17 275 281. ref ref International Arctic Science Committee Content Partner Sidney Draggan Topic Editor . 2007. Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic. In Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland Washington, D.C. Environmental Information ... Islands. The Faroese language Faroese word for puffin is lundi . A popular and much loved Faroese cartoon character is the bespectacled puffin known as Ludvik Lundi. Puffin cuisine Image Stora .... ref http www.thegastronaut.com Puffin.htm The Gastronaut Puffin ref External links http www.framtak.com ... more details
Taxobox name Tufted Puffin status LC status system IUCN3.1 image Tufted Puffin Alaska cropped .jpg image width 250px regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Charadriiformes familia auks Alcidae genus Puffin Fratercula species F. cirrhata binomial Fratercula cirrhata binomial authority Peter Simon Pallas Pallas , 1769 synonyms Lunda cirrhata The Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata also known as Crested Puffin , is a relatively abundant medium sized pelagic seabird in the auk Alcidae family found throughout the North Pacific Ocean . It is one of three species of puffin that make up the Fratercula genus and is easily recognizable by its thick red beak bill and yellow tufts. Taxonomy The Tufted Puffin was first described in 1769 by German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas . Its ... . Description File TuftedPuffinBurrow.jpg thumb left Tufted Puffin outside of burrow on Kuril Islands ... facial patch, and, typical of other puffin species, feature a very thick bill which is mostly .... File Puffin Winter Colors.jpg thumb Tufted Puffin in winter plumage As among other alcids ... Puffins F. corniculata , the range of the Tufted Puffin is generally more southern. They have ... seem to prefer the puffin over other birds, making the bird a main target. Choosing inaccessible ... of the last two nesting colonies of puffins in Puget Sound, and about 70 of the tufted puffin population ... thumb Tufted Puffin drawn in 1895 The Aleut people Aleut and Ainu people of the North Pacific traditionally hunted Tufted Puffin for food and feathers. Skins were used to make tough parka ... Puffin is illegal or discouraged throughout its range. ref name Stirling References reflist ... site accounts information Fratercula cirrhata.html University of Michigan Puffin Site http www.sdakotabirds.com species photos tufted puffin.htm Tufted Puffin Photographs South Dakota Birds and Birding ... protection island aquatic reserve DNR Celebration of Approval Category Alcidae Category Auks Puffin ... more details
NASA s Puffin Is a Stealthy, Personal Tilt Rotor Aircraft url http www.popsci.com technology article 2010 01 nasas puffin aircraft stealthy one man vtol aircraft publisher Popular Science first Clay ... to achieve the first flight of a one third scale, hover capable Puffin demonstrator by March 2010 ... third scale model of the Puffin was on display at the NASA Langley campus for the filming of the Discovery ... the Discovery show will premiere on 22 October 2010, but has no source for that claim. The Puffin simulator was also demonstrated. The Puffin is slated to appear in the eighth and final episode of the show ... The Puffin A Passion for Personal Flight , 2010 02 08. http www.scientificamerican.com article.cfm?id nasa one man stealth plane Electric Icarus NASA Designs a One Man Stealth Plane Could the Puffin ... Q. Choi, Scientific American , 2010 01 19 http blogs.discovermagazine.com 80beats 2010 01 20 meet the puffin nasas one man electric plane Meet the Puffin, NASA s One Man Electric Plane , Discover Magazine , 2010 01 20. http www.wired.com autopia 2010 01 nasa puffin NASA s Puffin Is Way Cooler Than ... aircraft aero 2000s stub sv Puffin ... more details
, the Puffin was a conventional single engined biplane of its day, but it had two unusual features ... position with the tail well clear of the surface. The Puffin was a two bay biplane, its parallel ... arrangement, had the standard Scarff ring mounted Lewis gun of the time. ref name Wix The Puffin was powered ... 1920. ref name Wix Flight tests revealed one problem that was never satisfactorily solved the Puffin ... ref name Tay Pintail arrangement. Despite its promise, the Puffin was produced at a time when ... photo http www.flightglobal.com pdfarchive view 1921 1921 20 200717.html The Parnall Puffin Deck ... British fighter aircraft 1920 1929 Category Parnall aircraft Puffin sr ... more details
Puffin Island, Newfoundland and Labrador may refer to Puffin Island Baccalieu Tickle , Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada Puffin Island Greenspond , Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada geodis ... more details
Infobox musical artist name The Books image Thebooks.jpg caption Left to right Nick Zammuto, Paul de ... members Nick Zammuto br Paul de Jong past members The Books were an American duo, formed in New ..., Mark title Album review The Books Thought for Food url http pitchfork.com reviews albums 854 thought ... author Mintz, Hillary title Album review The Books Thought for Food url http www.dustedmagazine.com ... studio album, The Way Out The Books album The Way Out , on Temporary Residence Limited in July ..., under the name The Books . ref name junkmedia cite web author Bolle, Susanna title The Books url ... 06 03 ref In 2000, The Books started work on what would become their d but album Thought for Food . ref name bookswebsite cite web author de Jomb, Paul, and Zammuto, Nick title About The Books url http www.thebooksmusic.com news work The Books website publisher date accessdate 2009 06 03 ref Zammuto ... web author Sarna, Dan title Interview Nick Zammuto of The Books url http www.imposemagazine.com interview the books 765 work Impose Magazine publisher date May 2007 accessdate 2009 06 03 ref Thought for Food was released on October 22 sup nd sup , 2002. ref cite web title The Books Thought For Food ..., ref cite web author Richardson, Mark title Album review The Books Thought for Food url Allmusic class ... music artists books lemonofpink title Reviews of The Lemon of Pink The Books work Metacritic publisher ... , 2003. ref cite web author Carr, Daphine title Album review The Books The Lemon of Pink url Allmusic ... Reads The Books In 2004, the French Ministry of Culture France Ministry of Culture asked The Books to compose music for a new elevator in their building. The Books released a Mini CD of this work in 2006, under the name Music for a French Elevator and Other Short Format Oddities by the Books . ref cite web title Music for a French Elevator EP url http www.thebooksmusic.com garage work The Books website publisher date accessdate 2009 06 06 ref On April 5, 2005, The Books released their third studio ... more details
Infobox company company name OR Books company logo Image OR Books logo transparent .png cc zero company type Privately held company Private foundation 2010 founder John Oakes and Colin Robinson location New York City, New York , United States area served key people industry Books , printing and publishing revenue net income num employees homepage http www.orbooks.com orbooks.com OR Books is a New York ... Crain s New York Business on the founding of OR Books ref The company, a digital upstart , ref http ... through traditional media and the internet. It generally does not sell its books through stores or wholesalers it sells directly to customers who order from the OR Books website, eliminating unsold inventory ... tomers may order print copies or digital versions OR Books prints and delivers copies only when they are ordered ... to a publisher ref On its site, OR Books states that it embraces progressive change in politics ... chains, it says substantial resources are made available for marketing and promotion. ...At OR Books ... on OR Books and Amazon ref OR Books is best known for publishing Going Rouge , a parody of the Sarah ... published books by Sue Coe , Norman Finkelstein , Gordon Lish , Moustafa Bayoumi , Bill McKibben , Eileen ..., co publisher of Nation Books , and vice president of Avalon. Colin Robinson, a former senior editor at Charles Scribner s Sons Scribner , was previously managing director of Verso Books and publisher of The New Press . Joint ventures In September 2010, OR Books announced a partnership with a writers ... s Bookshop and OR Books announced a joint venture to enable the store s customers to buy select books on OR s list from the bookstore s website. ref http www.shelf awareness.com issue.html?issue ... s ahead in 2011.html Publishers Weekly discusses OR Books in its 2010 roundup http www.independentpublisher.com ... publishingperspectives.com 2010 10 from frankfurt or books preaches elegant direct model Publishing Perspectives OR Books Preaches Elegant Direct Model http www.nola.com nolavie index.ssf 2011 11 words ... more details
Other uses Puffin Island disambiguation Puffin Island Image Puffinisland1.jpg thumb 200px right Puffin Island, with the Skellig Islands Skelligs in the background Puffin Island Oile n na gC n g in Irish language Irish is an uninhabited steep rocky island lying off the coast of the Iveragh Peninsula , County Kerry , Republic of Ireland Ireland . The island is about 1.5 km long and 0.7 km wide, and rises to 159 metres. It is separated from the mainland by Puffin Sound, which is only about 250 metres across. Puffin Island holds important populations of several seabird species, including Atlantic Puffin s, Manx Shearwater s and European Storm petrel s, and was acquired as a nature reserve by the Irish Wildbird Conservancy now BirdWatch Ireland in the early 1980s. ref cite web url http www.birdwatchireland.ie Default.aspx?tabid 215 title Puffin Island, Co. Kerry accessdate 2009 11 02 last BirdWatch Ireland ref The island also has some signs of ancient human habitation, and it has attracted the interest of Archaeology archaeologists . References div class references small references div coord 51 50 N 10 25 W region IE type isle display title Kerry geo stub Category Islands of County Kerry Category Marilyns of Ireland Category Uninhabited islands of Ireland Category Important Bird Areas of the Republic of Ireland fr Puffin Island ga Oile n na gC n g nn Puffin Island ... more details
Puffin s Pla i ce is a British regional children s programme broadcast on Channel Television ITV1 Channel Television on weekend afternoons usually just before Channel Report Channel News . The programme, one of the longest running children s series to air on the ITV network, has been broadcast since 3 March 1963 . Originally presented by Channel Television s team of continuity announcers, recent Puffin s Pla i ce presenters have included Stewart McDonald, Kevin Pamplin, Sam Palmano, Lucy Anderson and currently, Jenny Mullin. External links http www.channelonline.tv puffinPuffin s Pla i ce Catch up at channelonline.tv Category 1963 television series debuts Category British children s television programmes Category Channel Islands UK tv prog stub ... more details
Other uses Puffin Island disambiguation Puffin Island Infobox islands name Puffin local name native name ? image name image caption image size locator map map caption locator map size nickname location Arctic coordinates coord 66 13 40 N 161 51 31 W region US archipelago total islands major islands area km2 length km width km highest mount elevation m population 0 population as of density km2 ethnic groups country United States Alaska additional info Puffin Island is a rocky islet in the Kotzebue Sound , Alaska . It is located off Spafarief Bay at the mouth of Eschscholtz Bay , just south of the Choris Peninsula , in the Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska Northwest Arctic Borough at coord 66 13 40 N 161 51 31 W region US . This island is located convert 3.3 km mi abbr on Why km here? NW of Chamisso Island , convert 58 mi km abbr on Why miles here? . SW of Selawik , Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska Kotzebue Kobuk Low . Puffin Island is a steep rock and, though much smaller than Chamisso Island, it has many more nesting birds on its surface, especially horned puffin s. Both islands are part of the Chamisso Wilderness in the Chukchi Sea unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge . ref http alaskamaritime.fws.gov units ChukchiMAIN.htm Chukchi Sea Unit, AMNWR U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ref This island was named in 1826 by Captain Frederick William Beechey 1831, p. 255 , RN. He wrote, Detached from Chamisso there is a steep rock which by way of distinction we named Puffin Island. Puffin Island has been a Natural Reserve since December 7, 1912. The protected area Chamisso Wilderness includes Chamisso Island and Puffin Island, as well as some rocky islets nearby. ref http www.bartleby.com 57 13.html Roosevelt, Theodore. 1916. A Book Lover s Holidays in the Open Appendix B Bot generated title ref See also List of islands of Alaska References reflist External links http geonames.usgs.gov pls gnispublic f?p 108 3 15845223094965297813 NO P3 FID 1413820 GNIS listing ... more details
Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image File HMS Puffin IWM FL 17698.jpg 300px Ship caption Puffin in March 1943 Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country Ship flag shipboxflag UK naval Ship name HMS Puffin L52 Ship namesake Atlantic Puffin Ship ordered Ship awarded Ship builder Alexander Stephens and Sons , Linthouse , Glasgow Ship original cost Ship yard number Ship way number Ship laid down 12 June 1935 Ship launched 5 May 1936 Ship sponsor Ship christened Ship completed Ship acquired Ship commissioned 6 August 1936 Ship decommissioned 26 March 1945 Ship reclassified Ship refit Ship struck Ship reinstated Ship homeport Ship identification Ship motto Ship nickname Ship honours Ship fate Sold for scrapping, 1947 Ship status Ship notes Ship badge Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class Sclass Kingfisher sloop Ship tonnage Ship displacement convert 510 LT t 0 abbr on standard br convert 680 LT t 0 abbr on full Ship length convert 234 ft m abbr on Length between perpendiculars p p br convert 243 ft 3 in m abbr on Length overall o a Ship beam convert ... terms P P Mk.I br Depth charge s Ship armour Ship notes HMS Puffin L52 later K52 , was a Sclass ... H 259278 8330 a0.htm title HMS Puffin work navalhistory.flixco.info accessdate 2 February 2010 ref Armament On the outbreak of war, Puffin , like the rest of her class, was rapidly up ... GS U 16 1936 2 was sunk in the English Channel near Dover by depth charges from Puffin and the ASW ... title HMS Puffin L 52 K 52 Patrol vessel of the Kingfisher class Allied Warships of WWII uboat.net work uboat.net accessdate 2 February 2010 ref On 19 May 1940 Puffin along with a group of six ... March 1945 Puffin under the command of Lt.Cdr. A.S. Miller, RNZNVR , rammed and sank a German Seehund ... boat Operations uboat.net work uboat.net accessdate 2 February 2010 ref and Puffin was so badly damaged ... Reflist DEFAULTSORT Puffin Category Kingfisher class sloops Category Clyde built ships Category ... more details
Other uses Puffin Island disambiguation Puffin Island Image Puffin Island Ynys Seiriol , Anglesey.JPG right thumb Puffin Island seen from Penmon Point Puffin Island lang cy Ynys Seiriol at gbmaprim SH649821 SH 649 821 or coord 53 19 05 N 04 01 40 W region GB type isle is an uninhabited island off the eastern tip of Anglesey , Wales . It was formerly known as Priestholm in English and Ynys Lannog in Welsh. Geography Puffin Island is the ninth largest island off the coast of Wales. It is Carboniferous limestone , at its highest point it is convert 58 m above sea level having steep cliffs on all sides. It has an area of convert 0.28 km2 acres . The island is privately owned by the Baron Hill house Baron Hill estate and landing is not allowed without special permission. History File Puffin islandmap1947.png thumb right A map of the island from 1947 The Welsh name, Ynys Seiriol , refers to Saint Seiriol , who established a monastic settlement on the island and on Trwyn Du Penmon, Isle of Anglesey Penmon Point on the mainland opposite the island in the 6th century. Seiriol is said to have been buried on the island. A monastery existed on the island in the late 12th century and was mentioned by Giraldus Cambrensis who visited the area in 1188. He claimed that whenever there was strife within the community of monks a plague of mice would devour all their food. King Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd is said to have sheltered here in around 630 when fleeing an invasion from Northumbria . Llywelyn the Great issued two charters in 1221 and 1237 confirming the canons regular , in possession ... small numbers of Common Eider and Black Guillemot . The Atlantic Puffin Puffins from which the island ... by the Countryside Council for Wales appears to have eradicated them, and the Puffin population ... GB source enwiki osgb36 SH649821 display title name Puffin Island Note WGS84 lat long, converted ... of Wales Category Menai Strait br Ynys Seiriol cy Ynys Seiriol hu Puffin sziget nn Puffin Island i ... more details
Infobox recurring event name Cosmic Puffin Music Festival logo File Cosmicpuffinbadge.jpg 150px image caption location Mersea Island Youth Camp, Colchester, UK years active 4 founded 2008 dates Easter Annually genre attendance patron website http www.cosmicpuffin.co.uk The Cosmic Puffin Music Festival is held at Easter each year on Mersea Island at Mersea Youth Camp, near Colchester in Essex . ref http www.merseaoutdoors.com ref The aim of the event is to raise money and awareness for charities . Musicians perform entirely for free, with no fee, Rider theater rider or fuel costs showing their support for the charities as well as the live music scene. The event is staffed with volunteers. Festival History First Festival 2008 The first Cosmic Puffin festival was held from the 21 to 23 of March ... and the children s ward called the PUFFIN ward at the Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS ... weather conditions the Cosmic Puffin managed to raise in excess of 1000 to share between the charities .... Citation needed date January 2010 The bands that played at the first Cosmic Puffin festival included ... of other attractions for the first Cosmic Puffin festival, however there were circus workshops and fire ... and to sell tickets for future Cosmic Puffin Festivals. ref http www.cosmicpuffin.co.uk ref The website ... tracks to a compilation CD dedicated to the Cosmic Puffin and the above mentioned charities. Citation needed date January 2010 2009 In 2009 Cosmic Puffin Festival had 2 music stages one called the COSMIC ... stage. Citation needed date January 2010 After the second Cosmic Puffin festival, on 14 April ... page, the internet forum and the website. Future The 5th Cosmic Puffin Festival is scheduled for 4th 7th May 2012. External links http www.cosmicpuffin.org.uk Official Cosmic Puffin website http ... Mersea Outdoors Cosmic Puffin Venue website http www.mychoonz.co.uk MyChoonz independent ... Cosmic Puffin 3 Facebook group References Reflist This is the reference list. Do not remove. code ... more details
East Coast . End of service Puffin decommissioned at Boston 18 February 1944, and, on 12 June ... Online Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive Puffin AMc 29 C 13546 DEFAULTSORT Puffin AMc 29 Category ... more details
Other uses Puffin Island disambiguation Puffin Island Puffin Island is a small island in Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada , in a navigation channel called Baccalieu Tickle and just off the coast of Baccalieu Island . The island is an Nature reserve ecological reserve for its population of Atlantic Puffin . The island is inaccessible from the water and provides ideal protection for the breeding colonies of Atlantic Puffin that makes Puffin Island their home. External links http www.env.gov.nl.ca parks wer r bie Parks Canada coord 48 07 32.41 N 52 48 43.35 W region CA NL type isle display title Category Islands of Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland geo stub ... more details
The Puffin Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship is an American award citation given jointly by the Nation Institute a nonprofit media center with ties to The Nation magazine The Nation magazine and the Puffin Foundation . ref name home http www.nationinstitute.org puffinnation index.html Puffin Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship , official website. ref The annual 100,000 award honors artists and others for socially responsible work and challenges to authority. ref name healy The prize is intended to encourage the recipients to continue their work, and to inspire others to challenge the prevailing orthodoxies they face in their careers. ref name home The inaugural award was in 2001. ref name healy http artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com 2011 11 28 tony kushner wins 100000 award for creative citizenship Tony Kushner Wins 100,000 Award for Creative Citizenship , PATRICK HEALY, New York Times , November 28, 2011. ref Winners 2011 Tony Kushner 2010 Cecile Richards 2010 Bill McKibben 2009 Jim Hightower 2008 Van Jones 2007 Michael Ratner 2006 Amy Goodman 2005 Jonathan Kozol 2004 Barbara Ehrenreich 2003 David Protess 2002 Dolores Huerta 2001 Robert Parris Moses References Reflist External links http www.nationinstitute.org puffinnation index.html Puffin Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship , official website. Category Awards established in 2001 Category Lifetime achievement awards ... more details
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