At the southern limit of its range, this puffin is molting out of breeding plumage. In particular the spectacular curly blond tufts are starting to molt. The bright 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 SX60 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