August 4, 2017 – A great trip south on the ebb sailing by some of our favorite places… Whale Rocks had a very small steller sea lion pup hauled out which is not common for us to see as we normally only see male steller sea lions. There are also two smaller ones who look to be females amongst many very large bulls. Capt David tried his luck with a kelp horn made from bull kelp in order to call the whales to us – what do you know it worked. A minke whale joined us in our sail back to Cattle Pass.
Harbor seals resting on Shark Reef
Harbor seals hauled out on the rocks
Immature bald eagle
Bald eagle on Deadmans Island
Cattle Point Lighthouse
Purple sea star in the low tide
Bald eagle chick
Harbor seals
Steller sea lions, gulls, and cormorants on Whale Rocks
Harbor seal surfing in the waves
Steller sea lion pup on Whale Rocks
Cormorant colony
Heermann’s Gull
Harbor seal in the bull kelp forest
Seal Pup
Bald eagle nest
Bull kelp with island reflections
Canada Geese flying south
Great blue heron
Gulls resting in the breeze
Cormorant nesting colony
David blowing kelp horn to call the whales
Common Murres
Rhinoceros auklet
The kelp horn worked! A Minke whale popped up
Minke Whale near Salmon Bank
Minke Whale
Rhinoceros Auklets