only puffin native to the Atlantic Ocean. It has a black crown and back,
pale grey cheek patches and white underparts and its broad, boldly
marked red and black beak and orange legs contrast with its otherwise
sombre plumage. The Atlantic Puffin spends the autumn and winter at sea,
mainly in the North Atlantic, and returns to land at the start of the
breeding season in late spring. Its breeding range includes the coasts
of north west Europe, the Arctic fringes and eastern North America. It
nests in clifftop colonies, each pair of birds choosing or digging a
burrow in which a single white egg is laid. Incubation takes about six
weeks and the chicks are fully fledged a similar time later. They then
make their way at night to the sea, not returning to land for several
years. Colonies are mostly on islands where there are no terrestrial
predators, but both adult birds and newly fledged young are at risk of
attacks from the air by gulls and skuas. The Atlantic Puffin's striking
appearance, large colourful bill, waddling gait and appealing behaviour
have given rise to nicknames such as "clown of the sea" and "sea
parrot". It is the official bird symbol for the Canadian province of
Newfoundland and Labrador.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Puffin>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1755:
A naval fleet led by Commodore William James of the East India
Company captured the fortress Suvarnadurg from the Marathas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suvarnadurg>
1801:
War of the Second Coalition: British forces led by Vice Admiral
Horatio Nelson defeated the Dano-Norwegian fleet at the Battle of
Copenhagen.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Copenhagen>
1885:
North-West Rebellion: Led by Wandering Spirit, young Cree
warriors attacked the village of Frog Lake, North-West Territories (now
in Alberta), where they killed nine settlers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog_Lake_Massacre>
1973:
The Liberal Movement broke away from the Liberal and Country
League in South Australia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Movement_(Australia)>
1982:
Argentine special forces invaded the Falkland Islands, sparking
the Falklands War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_invasion_of_the_Falkland_Islands>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
prosopagnosia:
A form of visual agnosia characterised by difficulty with face
recognition despite intact low-level visual processing.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prosopagnosia>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do
everything he pleases, for he becomes a slave the moment he allows his
actions to be ruled by passion. The man who has sufficient power over
himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the
truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with.
--Giacomo Casanova
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Giacomo_Casanova>
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