Views of Sequim, the Olympic Peninsula. . .and beyond
Puffins are the coolest! This was shot near Protection Island off Sequim. There used to be hundreds of breeding pairs but t his last year only a handful were seen. They quit coming here because of the predation of local Eagles.
I took this off of protection island a few months ago. We could only find 3 puffins. This used to be one of the largest colonies on the west coast. I talked with a marine biologist who said it was predation by eagles that have changed this area. Too many chicks picked off so they don’t return. So sad…they are really cool birds.
Trying to capture a clean shot of these puffins on a bouncing zodiac was HARD!
It was so cool to see THOUSANDS of puffins nesting on the cliffs, flying back and forth with food.