In the small town of Vestmannaeyjabaer (Westman Islands), located on a roughly five-square-mile island off the southern coast of Iceland, the Atlantic puffin has long become an attraction. Unfortunately, pufflings (baby puffins) leaving their nests and headed for the ocean often confuse the street lights with the moon and end up crashing into town. Being too small to start flying on their own, they need to be rescued: members of the local community of all ages go out at night time to rescue the pufflings who are then kept safely overnight, in boxes that resemble their burrows. The next day, they are taken to seaside cliffs and gently thrown off the cliffs into the ocean. They immediately start flying and are usually excited once they see the ocean. The unusual tradition of rescuing thousands of puffins has been going on for decades, bringing the whole community together.
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