July 10, 2018 – Sailed north on the flood and after cruising the shoreline of Yellow Island wing on wing to Green Pt. From halfway down the shoreline of Spleden Island we cut north through the Cactus Islands and Ripple Island. Lots of eagles, harbor seals in the kelp forest, noisy oyster catchers – so much life in New Channel. We hugged the shoreline of Johns and Stuart Island branching off near Turn Point to meet transient orcas T124’s (minus T124A1 and T124A2’s) and T36A’s near Moresby Island. We traveled north together leaving them at Navy Channel to take a new route home through Plumper Sound to Java Rocks. Many many eagles on Java Rocks eager over the placentas of newborn seal pups. So much so that a mother and newborn pup left their haul out for the water to get away from the harassment of the eagles. We cut across to White Rock and Flattop Island (National Wildlife Refuges) with more eagles and witnessed sunset as we passed Yellow Island.
Ferry boat converted to now be a houseboat
Harbor Seals Yellow Island
Bald eagle
Mouflon sheep of Spieden Island
Photography cruise with All Aboard sailing whale and wildlife tours
Bald eagle flies over us
Harbor Seals of New Channel
Bald eagle, Cactus islands
Harbor seal in Kelp Forest, Cactus Islands
Turn Point Lighthouse
Commercial shipping traffic rounds Turn Point
T124As and 36As Biggs Orcas Swanson Channel
T124As and 36As Biggs Orcas Swanson Channel
T124As and 36As Biggs Orcas Swanson Channel
T124As and 36As Biggs Orcas Swanson Channel
T124As and 36As Biggs Orcas Swanson Channel
Whale watching from BC Ferry
Navy Channel
Portlock Point Lighthouse, Prevost Island with Biggs Orcas
Canada Geese Saturna Island
Harbor Seal and Pup, Saturna island
Eagle Nest, Saturna island
Many Bald eagle, Java Rocks, Saturna Island
Bald Eagle with harbor Seal and New born pup
Bald Eagles eat Placventa of new born Harbor seal pup
Black Oyster Catchers in flight
Bald eagle with placenta cord
Commercial shipping Traffic pass Java Rocks
Flattop Island
Bald Eagle, White Rock
Harbor Seals of White Rock
Billy consults his Bird Book
Pigeon Guillemot in sunset light
Sailing passed Jones island near sunset
Cactus, Stuart and Saltspring Islands at Sunset
Sunset in the San Juan Islands
Black Oyster Catcher her and Sunset in the San Juan Islands
Sunset over Yellow Island