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Discussion thread: Puffinology (PUFFINS) is up! (Patreon)

Published:
2024-06-28 18:24:57
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2026-06

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Have you listened? I LOVE THIS ONE. You’ll never see a puffin or a cliff or a Star Wars or cereal the same. Also their NOISES.

I’m in Chicago for a few days and am writing this on the run but let me know what you thought of puffins!

Ornithologically yours,

Your Dadfather of Podtown

Files

Puffinology (PUFFINS) with Jill Taylor - alie ward

What exactly IS a puffin? Who are they related to? Are they disco birds? WHY are they so cute? Should you kiss one? Throw one? Are they in danger?

Comments

Dylan V

I saw Puffins for the first time last year when I went to Scotland. I was shocked at how small they were, and even though I got pretty close, I didn't get any good photos.

Justin Bowen

Can't wait to listen. Welcome to Chicago again! Don't miss tomorrow's main event.

Doug Paice

Haven't listened yet, but we've just left the Faroe Islands and I'm in the process of sorting through over 1000 photos of puffins from Mykines. They are so cute and amazingly photogenic. Really glad I upgraded my camera and lens

Mowana Lomaomvaya

Omg I will now sign all my emails, “Ornithologically yours”. Thanks PodDad!

Margaret Downs

This one was SUCH a delight. I loved, loved, loved Jill's voice and enthusiasm. I also canNOT get over the sound puffins make!

Spencer Parks

Woohoo! Obviously I can't NOT think about that time 6 years ago when we visited the puffins in Iceland! I'm posting a few OK pictures on Twitter/IG (@spejampar). I wish I could've gotten a real nice close-up but it didn't work out that way.

Mimz

If you haven't seen Puffin Rock, you're not in love with puffins yet. Now they're even cuter!

Palm Sunday

I have since played the YouTube video of “Puffin Sounds” to more people than care to hear

Lindsay Malone

OMG. This is terrific. I needed an episode about Puffins and Puffin Joy. And now I have a glimmer dream of Alie joining a Puffin Patrol. ❤️

Jen O

Loved the episode! I once visited the remote Lundey Island in the Bristol channel between England and Wales (not the Scottish Lundey location the question ask her must’ve visited) and was mesmerized by the quantity of puffins breeding on the rocky coastal cliffs. My fun puffin fact to share: there is yet another Lundey Island near Reykjavik that their distillery has named a gin after, and of course it has a puffin on the label. It’s light blue when bottled, but changes to pink when tonic is added because of the Butterfly Pea flowers in the mixture (the tonic changes the pH). A fun party trick :).

Helen Langille

Excitement from a fellow Haligonian! Nova Scotia is indeed a real place :) It’s always fun when you learn you have friends in common with an ologist 😻

EDM

So fascinating. Puffins seem to be the bird version of Bridgerton: highly decorated, socially complex, get together for breeding season, then fuck off for eight months, sort of mate for life, singles wheel around talking shit over the town, and very popular with spectators

Valerie

Loved this episode! I've always thought puffins were absolutely adorable so I had to go find the videos from Iceland mentioned in the episode and WOW, it was even more hilarious than I anticipated!

Anna Dylan

Jill is my hero and I (currently studying ecology in university) reallllly want to study puffins now

Mandy Binder

I had just finished this episode and went to catch up on another podcast when I found this episode told by a guy from Oregon who went to Iceland and helped the locals rescue pufflings https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/chrt.fm/track/8DB4DB/pdst.fm/e/pfx.vpixl.com/6qj4J/nyt.simplecastaudio.com/03d8b493-87fc-4bd1-931f-8a8e9b945d8a/episodes/954d3b0a-1f77-401d-97a3-24655db2c773/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=03d8b493-87fc-4bd1-931f-8a8e9b945d8a&awEpisodeId=954d3b0a-1f77-401d-97a3-24655db2c773&feed=54nAGcIl

Mie [me-ay]

not a comment on puffins but nothing makes me happier than seeing someone from my town featured on my favourite podcast <3

William Ganschinietz

Enjoy the episode. The one fact that was new to me was their beaks. I had assumed their beaks were always those colors. Did your guest mention if they were the only birds that did that.

The Zarate-Sanderlin Family

This was great! We visited the Shetland Islands in July 2009 and as amazing as they are, after seeing several thousand, we were a bit puffined out. We hope you get to go toss puffins! Maybe another road trip like the eclipse with less drama.

Seán Thomas Kane

When will the Smologies episode about Puffins be up? I have a friend in Ireland whose daughter loves puffins and made that the number one thing she wanted to see when they moved there from the US last year.

Ja Jo: Art & Craft

Loved it! I didn’t realize they’re so small. I was also super surprised to learn there’s a place called Labrador

Hope J 🏳️‍🌈

How are puffins only 8 inches tall?! 🥹 Also, the weirdly funny thing about this episode is having to translate the metric system into the US only system.

Lauren Kent

There should be a censored episode available online!

Cherish Gray

I'm about to listen right now. This podcast definitely helps my job go by faster as I'm and over the road truck driver. However, I was wondering I just upgraded my membership thinking that I could suggest a topic with it and it doesn't appear that there's anything different on my app and I missing something? Because I might die if I don't get one on stingrays or manta rays anytime soon or ever lol

Doug Paice

We saw puffins on Mykines in the Faroe Islands last Monday. Such cute birds, and they fly much faster than I expected. I've posted 8 photos to the Facebook group waiting on moderation 🤞

Agnes Loves Ologies

EEEEEE PUFFINS!!! This episode is very healing to my inner child, especially 3rd grade me because I did a report on puffins.

Ashley Marrs

My two favorite parts are 1. baby puffins are called pufflings 2. they sound like angry chainsaws (they absolutely do!)

Devyn

What is the thing that most people agree is fun? Can I trick my brain into thinking I'm having fun? Why is doing something tedious or boring fun to me? Can fin be learned or is it just in our noggins inherently ?

Sleepy John

Oh, there once was a Puffin Just the shape of a muffin, And he lived on an island In the bright blue sea! He ate little fishes, That were most delicious, And he had them for supper And he had them for tea. But this poor little Puffin, He couldn’t play nothin’, For he hadn’t anybody To play with at all. So he sat on his island, And he cried for awhile, and He felt very lonely, And he felt very small. Then along came the fishes, And they said, “If you wishes, You can have us for playmates, Instead of for tea!” So they now play together, In all sorts of weather, And the Puffin eats pancakes, Like you and like me. -Florence Page Jaques, originally published in Highlights magazine

Jaclyn and her cat Phil

I’m a bit behind and only half way through the episode but oh my gosh it has been so much fun!

Diana Deacon

So excited to hear an ologist from my hometown university, where I was a student, then worked for more than 30 years before retiring! Go, MUNL! Also, delighted to learn more about my favourite bird. We’ve been to Elliston many times, where you can walk to a viewing area just a few metres from the nesting site. You should take Jill up on the puffin patrol idea…we’re very welcoming here. ☺️

Elyce

Loved this episode! One of my favs ❤️

Alison Cherry

After I listened to this episode a few months ago, I started following Jill on Instagram, and her photos of Newfoundland were so beautiful that I booked a trip there. I just got back, and it was everything I hoped for--I got to take a boat tour around Bull's Bay and saw a colony of 350,000 puffins. Thank you for planting this idea in my head!