It's time to talk Puffins. The auks are a fascinating group of ocean going birds. They have fancy plumes, fancy beaks, some of them even smell like citrus, and the evolved to fly under the waves and in the air. So let's meet these penguins for the northern hemisphere and find out what they got going on.

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Notes:

• The Great Auk: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1733312/10605634-the-great-auk
• How do Eggs Work?: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1733312/12734438-how-do-eggs-work
• The Egg War: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1733312/12858732-the-egg-war
• Auks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auk
• Atlantic Puffin: https://ebird.org/species/atlpuf
• Tufted Puffin: https://ebird.org/species/tufpuf
• Horned Puffin: https://ebird.org/species/horpuf
• Puffin beaks: https://www.audubon.org/news/puffins-amp-their-sex-appeal-glowing-beaks
• Rhinoceros Auklet: https://ebird.org/species/rhiauk?siteLanguage=en_AU 
• Whiskered Auklet: https://ebird.org/species/whiauk
• Crested Auklet: https://ebird.org/species/creauk
• Citrus smelling bird: https://nerdfighteria.info/v/ZELEjE92D-c/
• Guillemot eggs: https://bou.org.uk/blog-birkhead-guillemot-eggs/
• Marbled Murrelet: https://ebird.org/species/marmur?siteLanguage=en_AU
• Ancient Murrelet: https://ebird.org/species/ancmur
• Kiviaq: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-kiviaq