We look forward to seeing you on a cruise! Our cruises are hosted by seasoned naturalists and volunteer hosts, who provide excellent commentary on the natural history of the island and the wildlife sighted. We have been leading seasonal wildlife cruises to view the changing community of birds and mammals using the sanctuary since 1994. About 1,000 harbor seals use the island as a pupping and rest area, and elephant seals often haul out to molt there during the summer. The island contains one of the few nesting colonies of tufted puffins in the Puget Sound area. Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge is home to breeding, nesting, and flyway populations of marine bird species at different times of the year. The PTMSC offers one sailing adventure to the Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge aboard the 101' historic schooner, Adventuress. On this cruise, you can help the crew sail this historic vessel while enjoying a leisurely tour around the wildlife sanctuary.Īs on all our cruises, a Marine Science Center naturalist and volunteer cruise hosts who know the island very well will help you see and appreciate its wildlife.
Puffin CruisesĮach summer Protection Island comes alive as thousands of seabirds arrive to breed and raise their young, including rhinoceros auklets, glaucous-winged gulls, pigeon guillemots, black oystercatchers, two kinds of cormorants, and of course the tufted puffin.Īlthough we can't guarantee a sighting on every outing, the chance of spotting a puffin on our evening Puffin Cruises is very good. Our Bird Migration Cruises offer a unique opportunity for an idyllic natural science adventure, enabling people to gain a better understanding of our marine ecosystems and interrelationships which abound in these waters. Photo by David Gluckman Bird Migration Cruises If you have questions about the boat or your reservation, please contact them at 36. Please note: Links to book cruises will take you to the Puget Sound Express website. The Port Townsend Marine Science Center partners with Puget Sound Express to offer these Migration and Puffin Cruises. The cruises are a fun, fascinating way to experience that diversity". -Seattle Post Intelligencer. one of the most important habitats on the planet for a rich diversity of water-oriented birds. Protection Island and Olympic National Park, by David Gluckman Sign up for our monthly email newsletter, Octopress, to keep up with everything going on at PTMSC! With every photo, I would go “ooooh.” In the photography world, when you get excited while reviewing your photos it's called “chimping.Look for dates as we post them in January 2023 I was engulfed in the back of my camera reviewing my images. My first thought was “no, I don’t want to leave” but I realized what a great opportunity this had been and I think I came away with some incredible images and memories. When my * 90 minutes in the blind was up, there was a little knock on the door from the attendant who came to get us. Exposure can be a problem when you’re dealing with a subject that has both light and dark feathers: My best advice is to keep checking your histogram and make sure to expose for the highlights. The time I spent there was very misty with beautiful light filtering through the thin clouds. If you want to photograph the group of birds in front of you, you’ll need an aperture of at least f8 or greater to get them all in focus. Be prepared to change your aperture quickly. They usually don’t sit still for too long, so you need to be ready.ģ. Stay on one specific bird until it leaps to take-off. To capture the birds in flight and with sharp detail.Ģ. Shutter Speed: Have your shutter speed set to at least 1/2500th sec. Speaking specifically from a photographer's point of view, I’d like to offer some advice to anyone who goes for the photos:ġ.
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