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Synchronized flying.

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June 5, 2018, Witless Bay Newfoundland, Canada. Fratercula arctica A lighthouse keeper on Iceland’s Westman Islands has been banding puffin chicks for more than 60 years. The islands are home to the largest puffin colony in the world, and the keeper, Oskar Sigurdsson, earned a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records for his prolific banding: more than 90,000 birds in that time, including more than 55,000 puffins. Half of North America’s Atlantic Puffins breed in one location: Witless Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. source - Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Almost a penguin

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The common murre runs/flaps its way across the water to get airborne. Due to its black and white pattern it looks like a penguin, at least to me. Uria aalge In the Atlantic, some populations include "bridled" or "ringed" individuals, which have a white eye-ring and a white line extending backward from the eyes. Bridled birds are more common farther north. source -  https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_Murre/