Date: 6/24/25 11:46 am From: Matt Hucke via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Horned Puffin at burrow on Smith Island
> https://ebird.org/checklist/S253228754 - ebird list, photos, and video. > > On June 22nd, five others and I headed out from the Anacortes Marina > aboard the 20' HughesCraft operated by the Salish Sea School > <https://www.thesalishseaschool.org/.> The goal was to find, count, and > record the Tufted Puffins on and around Smith Island. We ended up finding > about a dozen. >
Amazing! I was on the Puget Sound Express puffin tour out of Edmonds last week, but it's a big boat, so you don't get that close to them. Your photos show that you can get a lot closer on a small boat, so now I've booked a "Research Expedition" ticket with the Salish Sea School for July.
Note that the Salish Sea School has two types of tours, big boat with 40 people for $119 or small boat with 6 people for $270. I signed up for the wrong one at first but they helped me get that fixed.
