Bird Tours

Our 2025 Bird Tours have finished for the season. Stay tuned for 2026 date announcements!

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

Horned Puffin Rare Bird on San Juan Islands Bird Watching Tour

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle on San Juan Islands Bird Watching Tour

Horned Puffin

Horned Puffin Rare Bird on San Juan Islands Bird Watching Tour

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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.

Common Birds

Frequently seen species include:

Tufted Puffin
Marbled Murrelet
Rhinoceros Auklet
Common Murre
Pigeon Guillemot
Black Oystercatcher
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
Bald Eagle
Osprey
Great Blue Heron
Pelagic, Brandt's and Double-crested Cormorants
Heerman's Gulls
And many other species of gulls and shorebirds

Rarer Birds

Rarer or more seasonal migrant species include:

Horned Puffin
Ancient Murrelet
Red & Red-necked Phalaropes
Black & Ruddy Turnstones
Parasitic, Pomerine, and Long-tailed Jaegers
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Boneparte's Gull
Common & Pacific Loons
White-winged Scoters
Northern Fulmar
Golden Eagle
Surfbirds
And many other possibilities!