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Look out for celebrities and designer shops such as Gucci, Prada, Louis Vuitton on Fifth Avenue (aka Millionaire’s Row) where the diamonds sparkle at Tiffany & Co and Cartier gold watches catch the light. As you drive by the office, feel free to pull over, let families, children or elderly out to wait while the driver parks the vehicle. Go STRAIGHT on the road and continue past all the vessels hauled out until you reach pavement again.
What You Need to Know About Taking a Puffin Cruise in Maine
Being based at the New York port makes exploring attractions easy. Will you choose the view from the Empire State Building or the Rockefeller Center? Do you want to feel the buzz standing in high-tech Times Square or escape to Central Park?
Birding in Acadia National Park
Let us show you the famous landmarks on guided city adventures and themed experiences, or explore independently with skip-the-line admission. A New York cruise holiday puts you right in the heart of the Big Apple; Manhattan. From the trees and lakes of Central Park down to New York’s now tallest 104-floor One World Trade Center building, it’s a very walkable island, about half the size of London.
Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge
If you’re prone to even the slightest bit of motion sickness, take your favorite meds at least an hour before climbing aboard. Meclizine, also known by the brand name Bonine, works best for me, and doesn’t cause as much drowsiness as Dramamine. It gets pretty chilly out on the water, so make sure you dress in layers.
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If no puffins are sighted on YOUR trip, you will receive a standby ticket good for another puffin cruise, or other cruises. More than 4000 people embark on puffin watching cruises with Audubon naturalists each summer. Two companies offer this unique opportunity to view the thriving colony at Eastern Egg Rock, Muscongus Bay, Maine.
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Transported By Puffins.
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I’d already swallowed my motion-sickness meds, we’d driven all this way in mood-killing traffic, and I had an article to write. On top of that, my desire to see the puffins was becoming a bit white whale-ish. I slouched into my seat and resolved that I would not leave, nor would I get sick, damn it.
The boat then takes a scenic ride along Schoodic Peninsula to view the shoreline of Acadia National Park and visit Winter Harbor Light. Outside of 48 hours from the tour, rescheduling can be made at any time. Inside of 48 hours to the tour, rescheduling can be requested and at the discretion of the office and upcoming availability to approve. It also got me thinking about how I’d like to go on a puffin cruise again, and what I’d do differently. We’d bypassed the touristy-looking restaurant at the dock where we’d disembarked—I hadn’t been up to eating at that point, anyway—in favor of driving toward our hotel, 40 minutes away in Boothbay Harbor.
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Looking for Pearls: Puffins, pirates and my summer vacation.
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We might also have a chance to talk with the researchers based on the island! We collaborate with Friends of Maine Coastal Islands NWR to educate the public about the seabirds that utilize the Refuge as critical nesting habitat. The research interns on the island talk with us via radio, giving us the chance to learn about their work on the island, the status of the puffins and other nesting seabirds, and history of Petit Manan Island. The e-mail confirmation for our trip with Hardy Boat said to arrive on the dock 45 minutes prior to departure.
Puffin Cruise to Eastern Egg Rock, Maine, with Hardy Boat
We got there an hour before, and were surprised to find that the line was already at least 15 deep. People also weren’t especially observant of social distancing, but that’s a different story. We joined the queue, keeping as much distance as we could, and were excited to spot several seabirds, including two kinds of gulls and cormorants, right there on the docks. For a stunning view at any time of day or night, head up to the 86th floor of the Empire State building. Take in the beautiful Art Deco Chrysler Building, the Rockefeller Center, the Woolworth Building and, in the distance, the magnificent Statue of Liberty. Whether it’s your first or your tenth time, you’ll never tire of this experience.
Cap’n Fish’s Cruises provides premier whale watching tours and wildlife cruises departing from Boothbay Harbor, Maine. We serve the Camden, Rockland and Freeport areas and are located just an hour North of Portland. Our team does their best to provide you with a high quality experience and has a long-history of conducting successful trips. However, like all wildlife, puffins move around all of the time and follow their own migration patterns.
Puffins are frequently sighted on the water and often seen as close as 25 feet from the boat! The boat will circle the island for about 30 minutes during your puffin tour. The migratory seabird colony on EER is protected during the breeding and nesting season. No people, other than Project Puffin biologists, are allowed on the island. In addition to puffins, passengers have an opportunity to view Maine's largest colony of endangered Roseate Terns, 200 of which nest among more than 2,000 Arctic and Common Terns. Tour participants have also been able to view Black Guillemots, Common Eiders, Laughing Gulls, and many other seabirds, plus Harbor Seals, Minke whales, Northern Gannets and Storm Petrels.
You’ll get to see Lady Liberty from the water on board your ship but she’s worth a much closer look. Discover how she was gifted to the USA by the French in celebration of America’s independence. As the immigration centre for the United States from 1892 until World War II, more than 12 million immigrants were ‘processed’ here. That means over 40% of Americans can trace part of their ancestry back to Ellis Island.
At that point look for a Puget Sound Express parking sign or “event parking” on your right. It took about 15 minutes for the imminent-barfing sensation to subside, replaced by fatigue and low-grade but not unmanageable queasiness. When we’re out hiking and I see or hear a songbird I don’t recognize, I immediately pull out the Merlin app to make an ID. I won’t even bother to recount how much time I spent stalking a great blue heron that decided to go fishing in my neighbor’s pond.
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