Tours de avistamiento de ballenas
Set out to Smith Island in search of Tufted Puffins and rare Horned Puffins as well as other locally known birding hot spots. Tours are lead by seasoned captains and naturalist guides on this quest for seabirds of all kinds!
Horned Puffin Rare Bird on San Juan Islands Bird Watching Tour
Bald Eagle on San Juan Islands Bird Watching Tour
Horned Puffin Rare Bird on San Juan Islands Bird Watching Tour
Smith Island has a nesting colony of Tufted Puffins and is one of the only places you can consistently see Horned Puffin in the US outside of Alaska! In addition we can also encounter a wide variety of other sea birds, shorebirds, gulls, and more.
2026 Bird Tour Dates:
Friday June 26
Friday July 10
Friday July 24
Friday August 7
Friday August 21
Tours de avistamiento de ballenas
Frequently seen species include:
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Tufted Puffin
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Marbled Murrelet
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Rhinoceros Auklet
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Common Murre
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Pigeon Guillemot
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Black Oystercatcher
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Harlequin Duck
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Surf Scoter
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Bald Eagle
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Osprey
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Great Blue Heron
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Pelagic, Brandt's and Double-crested Cormorants
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Heerman's Gulls
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And many other species of gulls and shorebirds
Tours de avistamiento de ballenas
Rarer or more seasonal migrant species include:
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Horned Puffin
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Ancient Murrelet
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Red & Red-necked Phalaropes
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Black & Ruddy Turnstones
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Parasitic, Pomerine, and Long-tailed Jaegers
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Sooty Shearwater
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Manx Shearwater
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Boneparte's Gull
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Common & Pacific Loons
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White-winged Scoters
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Northern Fulmar
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Golden Eagle
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Surfbirds
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And many other possibilities!