July 7, 2017 – Sunset/Moonrise sail. A humpback whale known as Divot visits Friday Harbor. T49As took us to Mandarte Island cormorant rookery. But the most exciting thing of the season was sailing past Gooch Island and finding a pair of black oyster catchers with the cutest chick imaginable. Spectacular mares tails clouds like we’ve never seen. Sailed home on a path lit by the full moon.
Humpback whale exhale
Humpback whale tail
Humpback passing Pt Caution
Humpback whale BCX1057 aka Divot
Harbor seals
T49A1 with Flattop and Saturna Islands behind him
Gary Oak trees
Sailing with whales
T49A1 with Olympic Mountains
T49A coming up to breathe
T49A3 – male born 2011
Cormorant rookery – Mandarte Island
Cormorant rookery – Mandarte Island
Gulls taking flight after eagle fly by
Black Oyster Catchers with chick
Heeled over to Lovers Leap
Sailing past Lovers Leap
Bald eagle on broken tree
Full moon rising
Sunset sail under spectacular clouds
Mares tails
Beautiful Sunset
Full moon sail
Full moon