August 3, 2017 – Smokey haze gives diffuse light to the textured “fruitcake geology” of the islands. Bull kelp is at its prime as a forest in waters up to 45′. Eagles watched over the passes and feasted on the shoreline.
Bald eagles
Bald eagles – one eating a dead harbor seal pup
Flattop Island
Harbor seals resting in the sun
Black oyster catcher fly by
Harbor seals on Flattop Island
Flattop Island
Harbor seals
Glacial erratic
Harbor seals
Ripple Island
Gulls on bull kelp
Bull kelp
Bull kelp
Bull kelp
Harbor seal with pup
Bald eagle
Juvenile Bald Eagle
Juvenile Bald Eagle with adult bald eagle
Mouflon sheep on Spieden Island
Bald eagles hovering near their food
Bald eagles fighting over food