My dearest friends went to the Point Defiance Zoo again today and spent a lot of time with the puffins! They had so much fun. Apparently, the little puffins were very friendly today. One came right up to the barrier, so close they could have picked it up! They did not though because that would set a bad example and could harm the little bird. The puffins at the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, Washington are Tufted Puffins. And they are adorable! The gave these pictures and videos to me so I can share with all of you!

You can see more puffin videos on our youtube channel  — The Puffinpalooza official youtube channel!

Look at me! I'm cute! (Tufted Puffin at the Point Defiance Zoo in July 2010)

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I came across this short little video of two puffins, just hanging around and thought it was worth sharing. It was taken and shared by a man named Andrew on Flickr. He gave me permission to post his pictures on the site so I will! =)

You can watch the video here. I would post it but I cannot. It will open in a new window so you won’t technically leave this site.

Here are the photographs he took:

Photo Source: Andrew Green (http://www.flickr.com/photos/polandeze/)

Photo Source: Andrew Green (http://www.flickr.com/photos/polandeze/)

Photo Source: Andrew Green (http://www.flickr.com/photos/polandeze/)

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Did he see us?

Originally uploaded by ippop

These puffins are playing hide-n-go-seek with this photographer, ippop from flickr. It is so much fun. Maybe they think since they can’t see him—he can’t see them. Puffins are quirky little birds, aren’t they?

Pysja – Young puffin

Originally uploaded by ippop

Here is what the photographer had to say:

Every fall the young puffins fly from there holes at night, towards the lights, in to the town. They land there helpless and hungry trying to make there way to the sea. Kids search for them with flashlights and boxes to put them in and that same night or the morning after they trow the young puffins out to sea.

When you’ve swooped 300 feet into the cold and murky depths of
the Atlantic for your dinner, you don’t give it up without a
fight.

Even when you’re a tiny puffin and the thieves outnumbering you
are three fiercesome black-headed gulls.

This plucky puffin, smaller than a pigeon, braved an ambush by
his hungry enemies to carry a beak full of tasty sand eels back to
his nest.

It is a scene which takes place every year on the Farne Islands
off the Northumberland coast.

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Double Header – Puffin Guardians

Originally uploaded by idg

These are so cute! The photograph was worth sharing. Thanks to idg on Flickr. =) I also happened upon this great website because of this photo — the website is managed by Magdalen Green and someone named Iain. It is all about puffins. We can appreciate that can’t we?

The site is worth a read. It has some great photos as well both to look at and to purchase. =)

Thanks Magdalen and Iain for sharing your love of puffins with the world!

Here are some past covers of the Puffin Post, a magazine for children.