Morning half day sail with porpoising porpoises and harbor seal pups

July 2nd, 2018 – morning half day sail – We sailed north from Friday Harbor with the flood while a black oyster catcher flew by going south with a limpet in his mouth. Lots of baby harbor seal pups popping up all around our favorite places. Harbor porpoises in small groups racing and porpoising north of Jones Island. We drifted from Flattop Island into New Channel which was alive with current flowing through the kelp forests. Black oyster catchers, bald eagles, pigeon guillemots and harbor seal pups called out. Drifted the forested shoreline of Spieden Island and motor sailed the south grassland shoreline.

Black oyster catcher carries limpet in flight

Harbor seals

Harbor porpoise

Harbor porpoise

Flattop Island

Harbor seal with pup

Surf scoters

Harbor seals and pup

Harlequin ducks

Kelp forest

Kelp forest

Pigeon Guillemot with fish flies over Kelp forest

Mouflon sheep

Harbor seal and pup

Bald eagle nest

Fallow deer under Garry Oak

Bald eagle

Harbor porpoise

Harbor porpoise

Black Oyster Catchers

Harbor seals

Harbor seals

Pigeon Guillemot

Harlequin ducks

Harbour seals rest in kelp