Puffins on Lungha

[wellinghall]

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[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

How civilized they appear...!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

They were certainly very friendly.

Creatrix adds that she wouldn't call scratching your chin with foot "civilised".

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

Is that what it's doing...?

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Yep - having a good old scratch.

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

Well, what else is it supposed to scatch its chin with? A fork? :-)

I thought it was Morris dancing.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

If it's going to scratch its chin at all, it should do so in the privacy of its own burrow!

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

You mean you've never ever scratched your chin in public? What, never? ;-)

Actually, I take it back. They're Molly dancing, in both pictures.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

"Well, hardly ever!"

Or - oh, I have, it's just not the sort of thing a well-brought-up young puffin should do.

(Mind you, having heard what puffins get up too, there isn't much I wouldn't put past them).

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

But... But... *blinks in bafflement* I thought puffins published nice, wholesome children's books. At least, that's what they told me when I was a member of the Puffin Club. Do you mean to tell me that they were roping me - poor innocent child that I was - into a club built on seediness and uncivilised behaviour? If so, Something Should Be Done About It. From Outraged, (formerly) of Cheltenham Spa.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Puffins are essentially monogamous. Each year, the female comes back to the burrow first, and clears it out, evicting any rabbits who have taken up residence over the winter. Then the male arrives.

If the male doesn't turn up on time, however, the female will take a toyboy, and string him along for a little while. If the original male turns up very late, having spent too much time larking it up with the boys, he gets thrown out on his ear, and the toyboy becomes the new mate. However, if the original male is just a bit late, it's the toyboy who gets shown the entrance to the burrow.

[firin.livejournal.com]

I can relate to that.

[lil-shepherd.livejournal.com]

Oh, fantastic stuff!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

We hoped that people would like them :-)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Creatrix thought they were a gentleman puffin and a lady puffin.

[sally_maria]

What lovely pictures. :-) Thank you for posting them.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

It was our pleasure!

(Well, taking the photographs was our pleasure - specifically, mine for the top one, and Creatrix's for the bottom one. Posting them was mine).

[rustica.livejournal.com]

Omg, they are so cyuuuute :). I want one. And that first picture is just crying out to be stolen and used as an icon.

Not by me of course. Oh no.

(Maybe, I might be allowed, if I give credit? :D)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Sure!

Chin Scratching ? - Piffle

[the-marquis.livejournal.com]

What rot some of your comments talk, that is a puffin doing its 'warm up' stretches before going off for a swim like any professional athlete :p

Re: Chin Scratching ? - Piffle

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Well, they'd certainly be advised to warm-up before flying, given the rate at which they flap their wings!

[miss-t-ide.livejournal.com]

Excellent photos of beautiful birds.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thnak you!

[mrkinch.livejournal.com]

Wheeeee! These are delightful.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you like them :-)

[brightlywoven.livejournal.com]

Oh! They have sad and old looking eyes!

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

I'd never thought of it like that.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Just what I thought.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I hadn't noticed it in real life - but you're right, in the photos, they do.

[dreiviertel.livejournal.com]

Nice pics!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[bouncy-elf.livejournal.com]

They really *are* that colourful! It's amazing how birds turn out...So pretty and poised.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Yes, they are, but it's hard to believe until you see them "in the beak" for the first time.

[ajat.livejournal.com]

YESSSS ! Got to these at last ! Ooooooooo, lovely !

:)

Thanks !!!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you like them :-)