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