<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Jeff — <div><br></div><div>Your best bet if you’re willing to go out on a boat would be to do a tour featuring viewing of Protection Island and/or Smith Island. Early- to mid-September is the tail end of the season. Here is one company that has two September departure dates to see puffins; there are a few other companies as well. <a href="https://ptmsc.org/birdwatching-cruises/">https://ptmsc.org/birdwatching-cruises/</a><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br></div><div>Good luck!</div><div><br></div><div>Doug Santoni</div><div>Seattle, WA</div><div>Dougsantoni at gmail dot com</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Aug 4, 2024, at 8:39 AM, jreiter wordsonbirds.com via Tweeters <tweeters@u.washington.edu> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hello Tweeters . . . I'm hoping somebody might be able to assist me with a birdfinding quest. Any advice or feedback would be much appreciated!</div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I will be visiting Seattle and Olympic NP in early to mid-Sept. Just wondering if it is possible to view TUFTED PUFFIN from anywhere on the coast at that time of year – and if so, where?</div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Thanks,</div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jeff</div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div id="Signature" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jeff Reiter</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Glen Ellyn, IL (DuPage County)</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="mailto:jreiter@wordsonbirds.com">jreiter@wordsonbirds.com</a></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Read<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Words on Birds</b> in the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.dailyherald.com/" title="www.dailyherald.com">Daily Herald</a> or<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.wordsonbirds.com/" title="www.wordsonbirds.com">click here</a></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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