Exploring the National Wildlife Refuges of Flattop Island and Ripple Island. So many bald eagles and harbors seals today. Conditions change so quickly in the San Juans giving us a fast close hauled sail back home. The photographs tell the story of today.

Route map 7-13-19

Lad Eagle nest

Harbor seal hauled out with pup on honey combed sandstone

Pigeon Guillemot Flattop Island

Pigeon Guillemots Flattop Island

Pigeon Guillemots Flattop Island

Pelagic Cormorants on Gull Rock

Harbor Porpoise

Bald Eagles Over Tip Top M mountain, Stuart island

Bald eagle fly over harbor seal haul out off Ripple Island

Mature and Immature Bald eagles in flight

Aspen grove of Ripple island with Bald Eagle

Harbor seal hauled out with her pup

Aspen grove of Ripple island with Bald Eagle

Aspen grove of Ripple island with Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle flying low over New Channel

Harbor seal in Kelp forest

Sailing down San Juan Channel to Friday Harbor

Sailing down San Juan Channel to Friday Harbor

Sailing down San Juan Channel to Friday Harbor