This is the seldom-seen winter plumage which lacks the spectacular curly tufts. At this season Tufted Puffins largely disperse into deep water far offshore where they forage on squid, euphausiids, and pelagic fish. Canon PowerShot SX50 HS.
Reference:
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