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Skagit Guided Adventures
"Re-Wild" Your Spirit in NW Washington's Skagit Valley, North Cascades & the "other" San Juan Islands!
Very Small Group Tulip, Nature, Birding, Hiking & Sightseeing Eco Tours, Senior Friendly
Our Magic Skagit Tulips are coming, are you?
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival April 2025: Guide, Dates & Local Tours - Skagit Guided Adventures
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April 2025 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival: Local guide to dates, best viewing times & tours. Experience Washington's Spring Paradise!
My very popular Anacortes Birding Cruises are back. BOOK NOW! they fill up quickly.
ANACORTES BIRDING CRUISE TO VENDOVI ISLAND PRESERVE Saturdays, May 17, June 14 and September 13
The 2-hr cruise gives you the opportunity to observe our year-round Alcids: Pigeon Guillemot, the endangered Marbled Murrelet, Rhinocerus Auklet, as well as other sea birds/ducks, shorebirds, wading birds and raptors. Orcas, porpoise, seals and river otters are often seen as well!
During the 3-hr visit to Vendovi Island, explore and continue birding on its easy, well-maintained, 3-mi trail system. Enjoy the stunning views of the San Juan Islands, Mount Baker and the North Cascades from lookouts and beaches. Vendovi Island is situated between Guemes, Cypress & Lummi Islands and is owned by the San Juan Preservation Trust.
This is a trip for EVERYONE to experience (not just birders) so invite friends, family and co-workers to come along!
Dates: Saturdays, May 17, June 14 and September 13
Time: 8:30 am - 3 pm
Departs: Skyline Marine Center, Anacortes
Cost: $237 p/p; $5 SJPT suggested donation![]()
PUFFIN CRUISE TO SMITH & JAMES ISLANDS FROM ANACORTES
Saturdays, July 12, 26 and August 16
The 4-hr cruise, along the exposed waters of Fidalgo, Lopez and Whidbey Islands, offers you the unique opportunity to see Tufted puffins during their nesting season on Smith Island. Other Alcids, seabirds, shorebirds and raptors are seen as well. And of course, we'll be on the lookout for Orca, porpoise, seals and river otters.
The 2-hr visit to James Island gives you plenty of time to enjoy your picnic lunch on the beach, a short walk and more birding. The views of Mount Baker, the North Cascades, the Olympic mountains, the Salish Sea and San Juan Islands are simply stunning!
This is a trip for EVERYONE to experience (not just birders) so invite friends, family and co-workers to come along!
Date: Saturdays, July 12, 26 and August 16
Time: 8:30 am - 3 pm
Departs: Skyline Marine Center, Anacortes
Cost: $302 p/p
Trip size: 20 Adventurers
Leader: Stephanie Fernandez
What to bring: cell phone, binoculars, camera, lunch, walking/hiking shoes, weather appropriate clothing and motion sickness remedy (if prone to).
Reservations required: skagitguidedadventures.com/adventure/san-juan-islands-birding-cruises-from-anacortes/
Contact: Stephanie Fernandez 360.474.7479 steph@skagitguidedadventures.com
I look forward to birding at the La Conner PNW Quilt Museum's "Birds of a Fiber" exhibit every year! There's an amazing treat this year: The Red Dress, on world tour.
I will be there promoting Skagit Guided Adventures' land and boat-based Birding Adventures!
"Thank you so very much for a wonderful tour!" Bob & Liberty (WA)![]()
For the holidays, their kids gifted them the Skagit Birding Eco Tour knowing how much they both enjoyed nature and birds. And they enjoyed it indeed!![]()
The highlights of the day for them (and me) included:
witnessing several bald eagles hunt a large flock of ducks and one being successful,
watching and listening to a huge flock of snow geese take off into a blizzard several times,
encountering a huge group of male common mergansers,
seeing the many different species of birds feeding in the outflowing current,
listening to very distinctive calls of the oysterchatchers, and
walking thru a magical lychen forest.