TNCWC79., originally uploaded by stonefaction.

Caption reads:

A baby Puffin about to be released into the outer Firth of Forth between the Isle of May and Anstruther. The bird was attempting to reach the water in the dark last night and got disorientated. The SNH folk on the island rescued it from being predated by the resident gulls and released it from the May Princess.

Would you have imagined there was violence amongst puffins? I wouldn’t! But that is exactly what was happening in a puffin colony in Scotland. A puffin now dubbed, ‘Asbo’ was caught on camera attacking a puffling for no apparent reason. He would go in and peck and kick at the little baby puffin.

It lends to the argument that social systems within the animal kingdom are much more complex than we can really fathom. Perhaps that baby was born of another male puffin, an old flame? Who knows what the real reason is for this puffin bully but I am glad to read that the puffling is ok and will most likely survive.

You can read the original story here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-10884574

Puffling

Originally uploaded by r.cross27

Stretching her or his wings to fly… what a sweet little puffling.

The caption reads:

Puffin chick, Taken at skomer Island, pembrokeshire

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.

Four little pufflings were found waiting outside a fish and chips restaurant in Edinburgh after losing their way from the shore. This is a common thing in towns with puffin colonies. The little baby puffins have a difficult time navigating their way around.

Read more here.

This makes me love them even more! They are sooooo adorable. I love them. I want to hug them!!! How cute! This is an excellent little video. Great sound effects. Thanks National Geographic!