we’re here on C Ohio and off the coast
of Maine to observe the heroic trek of
one baby puffin to the sea in order to
do that we’ll have to use special
infrared video because the trek will
begin at night just because this young
puffin is making its trek alone that
doesn’t mean it has neglectful parents
far from it
puffins parents come to this colony in
the spring and summer to breed and nests
during the nesting season the puffins
bill takes on vivid colors of red blue
gray and ivory they use these bills for
what’s called gaping threatening each
other with harm without actually
fighting they also use them for what’s
called building a show of affection
puffins lay one egg per year which is
incubated in turn by each adult for 39
to 43 days when the egg hatches the
parents gather food and bring it back to
the baby for another 45 days
only after all that TLC does the baby
feel prepare to trust it’s instinct to
make its way to the ocean sorry to
believe this bird will soon be able to
fly at speeds up to 55 miles an hour
with wings beating over 400 times a
minute
once our brave young puffin hits the
water it’ll stay at sea for two to three
years protecting itself from natural
hazards like storms and predators and
man-made hazards like oil spills and
nets of fishing trawlers even though our
young puffin has to walk through rocky
crags and craggy rocks
it has instinctively found its new home
in the Atlantic Ocean
in a couple of years it may be back here
ready to mate and of course to be
admired by thousands of tourists who
adorn this odd-looking but lovable
seabird
of Maine to observe the heroic trek of
one baby puffin to the sea in order to
do that we’ll have to use special
infrared video because the trek will
begin at night just because this young
puffin is making its trek alone that
doesn’t mean it has neglectful parents
far from it
puffins parents come to this colony in
the spring and summer to breed and nests
during the nesting season the puffins
bill takes on vivid colors of red blue
gray and ivory they use these bills for
what’s called gaping threatening each
other with harm without actually
fighting they also use them for what’s
called building a show of affection
puffins lay one egg per year which is
incubated in turn by each adult for 39
to 43 days when the egg hatches the
parents gather food and bring it back to
the baby for another 45 days
only after all that TLC does the baby
feel prepare to trust it’s instinct to
make its way to the ocean sorry to
believe this bird will soon be able to
fly at speeds up to 55 miles an hour
with wings beating over 400 times a
minute
once our brave young puffin hits the
water it’ll stay at sea for two to three
years protecting itself from natural
hazards like storms and predators and
man-made hazards like oil spills and
nets of fishing trawlers even though our
young puffin has to walk through rocky
crags and craggy rocks
it has instinctively found its new home
in the Atlantic Ocean
in a couple of years it may be back here
ready to mate and of course to be
admired by thousands of tourists who
adorn this odd-looking but lovable
seabird
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