According to the aquarium, the new puffin chick -- Penne -- is the first to parents Virgo and Staypuft. Virgo and Staypuft welcomed their first puffin chick on July 6, the aquarium says.
Penne and Valjean are the sixth and seventh puffin chicks to successfully hatch in the National Aquarium’s Sea Cliffs exhibit since 2006. The two young puffins were named by the aviculturists who work closely with the animals of the Sea Cliffs exhibit.
(Photos courtesy of the National Aquarium)
Photos courtesy of the National Aquarium
Penne and Valjean are the sixth and seventh puffin chicks to successfully hatch in the National Aquarium’s Sea Cliffs exhibit since 2006. The two young puffins were named by the aviculturists who work closely with the animals of the Sea Cliffs exhibit.
(Photos courtesy of the National Aquarium)
Photos courtesy of the National Aquarium
Penne and Valjean are the sixth and seventh puffin chicks to successfully hatch in the National Aquarium’s Sea Cliffs exhibit since 2006. The two young puffins were named by the aviculturists who work closely with the animals of the Sea Cliffs exhibit.
(Photos courtesy of the National Aquarium)
Photos courtesy of the National Aquarium
Penne and Valjean are the sixth and seventh puffin chicks to successfully hatch in the National Aquarium’s Sea Cliffs exhibit since 2006. The two young puffins were named by the aviculturists who work closely with the animals of the Sea Cliffs exhibit.
(Photos courtesy of the National Aquarium)
Photos courtesy of the National Aquarium
Penne and Valjean are the sixth and seventh puffin chicks to successfully hatch in the National Aquarium’s Sea Cliffs exhibit since 2006. The two young puffins were named by the aviculturists who work closely with the animals of the Sea Cliffs exhibit.
(Photos courtesy of the National Aquarium)
Photos courtesy of the National Aquarium
Penne and Valjean are the sixth and seventh puffin chicks to successfully hatch in the National Aquarium’s Sea Cliffs exhibit since 2006. The two young puffins were named by the aviculturists who work closely with the animals of the Sea Cliffs exhibit.
(Photos courtesy of the National Aquarium)
Photos courtesy of the National Aquarium
Penne and Valjean are the sixth and seventh puffin chicks to successfully hatch in the National Aquarium’s Sea Cliffs exhibit since 2006. The two young puffins were named by the aviculturists who work closely with the animals of the Sea Cliffs exhibit.
(Photos courtesy of the National Aquarium)
Photos courtesy of the National Aquarium
Penne and Valjean are the sixth and seventh puffin chicks to successfully hatch in the National Aquarium’s Sea Cliffs exhibit since 2006. The two young puffins were named by the aviculturists who work closely with the animals of the Sea Cliffs exhibit.
(Photos courtesy of the National Aquarium)
Photos courtesy of the National Aquarium
Penne and Valjean are the sixth and seventh puffin chicks to successfully hatch in the National Aquarium’s Sea Cliffs exhibit since 2006. The two young puffins were named by the aviculturists who work closely with the animals of the Sea Cliffs exhibit.
(Photos courtesy of the National Aquarium)
Photos courtesy of the National Aquarium
Penne and Valjean are the sixth and seventh puffin chicks to successfully hatch in the National Aquarium’s Sea Cliffs exhibit since 2006. The two young puffins were named by the aviculturists who work closely with the animals of the Sea Cliffs exhibit.
(Photos courtesy of the National Aquarium)
Photos courtesy of the National Aquarium
Penne and Valjean are the sixth and seventh puffin chicks to successfully hatch in the National Aquarium’s Sea Cliffs exhibit since 2006. The two young puffins were named by the aviculturists who work closely with the animals of the Sea Cliffs exhibit.
(Photos courtesy of the National Aquarium)
WASHINGTON — The National Aquarium has welcomed two new puffin chicks to its Sea Cliffs exhibit.
According to theaquarium, the new puffin chick — Penne — is the first to parents Virgo and Staypuft. Virgo and Staypuft welcomed their first puffin chick on July 6, the aquarium says.
Veteran puffin parents — Victor and Vixen — welcomed their fifth chick, Valjean, on July 11.
Penne and Valjean are the sixth and seventh puffin chicks to successfully hatch in the National Aquarium’s Sea Cliffs exhibit since 2006.
Atlantic puffins generally lay one egg and raise one chick a year.
The two young puffins were named by the aviculturists who work closely with the animals of the Sea Cliffs exhibit. They will remain in their burrows, which mimic the deep burrows that puffins typically use in the wild, for the next 40 or more days.
Then, the two new puffin chicks will begin to explore life outside the burrow by making short exploratory trips to the Aquarium’s puffin exhibit.
