These birds are in full breeding plumage showing their spectacular curly tufts. The parrot-like bill is composed of multiple plates that facilitate carrying multiple fish to their young. At sea, Tufted Puffins forage on squid, euphausiids, and pelagic fish. Canon PowerShot SX50 HS.
References:
Nettleship, D.N., de Juana, E., Garcia, E.F.J. & Boesman, P. (2017). Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/54080 on 26 July 2017).
Piatt, John F. and Alexander S. Kitaysky.(2002).Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata), The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America: https://birdsna.org/Species-Account/bna/species/tufpuf