Definition of auklet
: any of several small seabirds (especially genera Aethia and Ptychorhamphus) of the alcid family that occur along North Pacific coasts
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Conservationists have long worried about microplastics, the tiny bits that have been found in the stomachs of seabirds, including many petrels, auklets and gulls that live along the California coast.
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Irresistible Scent That summer, Douglas captured dozens of crested auklets on the Shumagin Islands and inserted them, one by one, into a specialized chamber to quantify their scent.
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But Douglas and others have found that crested auklets emit octanal, a compound also found in tangerines.
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Since puffins are closely related to auklets, Dunning's curiosity was piqued—and sure enough, his specimen's beak glowed orange.
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As a bird expert, Dunning was aware that crested auklets, a seabird in the same family as puffins, have fluorescent beaks.
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Within 30 minutes, seemingly billions of birds— crested and whiskered auklets—were rafting on the sea’s surface until their numbers turned the water black.
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Also in the mix are some kittiwakes, murres and auklets, the federal agency said.
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See the bears as well as walrus, auklets and orcas from the new Farewell Harbour Lodge while fishing in the famed Broughton Archipelago Marine Park.
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First Known Use of auklet
1883
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