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Boat Trips

 







Some of the seabirds to be seen on these boat trips
(top to bottom): Roseate tern, arctic tern feeding chick, common tern, laughing gull, razorbill, double-crested cormorants.

"Visit" These Seabird Islands by Boat

Astreon Tours
Captain Richard Savage
Northeast Harbor
The Friendship V glides near nesting seabirds on Petit Manan Island.
Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co. (whalesrus.com). The on-board naturalist on the catamaran Friendship V points out whales and other wildlife including seals, eagles, porpoises, dolphins, and a large variety of offshore seabirds (more...).
Bold Coast Charter Company.
Puffin Trip to Machias Seal Island.
A half-day excursion to view spectacular nesting colonies of Atlantic puffins, razorbills and Arctic terns, among others (more...).
Machias Seal Island
tour. Special landing trips require reservations.
Hardy Boat Cruises (www.hardyboat.com).
Puffin Watch with Audubon Naturalist.
A visit to Eastern Egg Rock, a treeless preserve in Muscungus Bay that is the southernmost nesting ground for the Atlantic puffin. Besides puffins, eider ducks, black guillemots, double-crested cormorants, as well as Arctic, common and roseate terns can often be seen (more...).

 
Friends of Maine Seabird Islands
c/o Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge
PO Box 232
Rockport, ME 04856
(207) 236-6970
seabirds@midcoast.com
Jane Hopwood, Chair