"the mountain and the sea are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books." -john lubbock
Meet Our Team
The Salish Sea School is committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, inclusion, and connectedness. We are able to grow and learn better together with a diverse team. We welcome the unique contributions that one can bring in terms of their education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.
We are stronger together with the collective sum of individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression, and talent which ultimately brings about a healthier planet.
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Ecotour Fundraisers
Thank you for coming aboard and supporting a fundraiser for our student programs, research, and scholarship funds. We are so grateful for our village of supporters and cannot wait to learn and experience all the magnificent birds of the Salish Sea together!
We are so passionate about introducing our community to the incredible classroom right outside our doorstep. Our hope is that our programs initiate a desire to protect and restore the Salish Sea. We believe experiential lessons combined with marine conservation education is essential to producing a healthy marine ecosystem.
We charter with one of our partners, Paraclete Charters on the beautiful and comfortable 40 passenger Koinonia.
Birds on the Salish Sea
Watching the birds change on the Salish Sea is as magical as watching the leaves change on a tree! Join us aboard a chartered boat as we journey around the Salish Sea to search for the beautiful feathered friends that call the Salish Sea home during the different seasons! It is not only our mission to introduce you to the amazing species, but inform you on ways to help from your home!
Species we may also observe include: Rhinoceros auklet, Common murre, Pigeon guillemot, Black oystercatcher, Harlequin duck, Bald eagle, Osprey, Peregrine falcon, Great blue heron, Surfbirds, Brown pelican, Horned & Eared grebes, Pelagic, Brandt's and Double-crested cormorants, Heermann's gulls, and many other species of gulls and shorebirds. Rarer or more seasonal migrant species include: Horned puffin, Marbled murrelet, Ancient murrelet, Red-necked Phalaropes, Black and Ruddy turnstones, Parasitic jaeger, Sooty shearwater, Manx shearwater, Northern fulmar, Boneparte's gull, Common & Pacific loons, many other possibilities including a variety of ducks and scoters.
Take a look at our past trip reports here.
Tufted Puffins Fundraiser Tours
Join us aboard a chartered boat as we journey to one of the last remaining breeding islands in the Salish Sea. We hope to find a whole bunch of the other incredible life along the way.
Optional educational Zoom occurs a few days prior to trip
Launch out of Skyline Marina in Anacortes
*We are passionate about getting all people on the water to experience the magnificent tufted puffins - this is our more affordable trip option that we provide once a year.
Winter, Spring, and Fall Marine Bird Trips!
Watching the birds change on the Salish Sea is as magical as watching the leaves change on a tree!
Join us aboard a chartered boat as we journey around the Salish Sea to search for the beautiful feathered friends that call the Salish Sea home during the winter, spring, and fall months!
Launch out of Skyline Marina in Anacortes