August 8, 2017 – Headed north to sail around some of our favorite places. Flattop Island was full of bald eagle activity. About 5 of them were sharing a meal on the shoreline. Smooth sailing up to White Rock to see what the wild life was up to over there. The channel surrounding the Cactus Islands continues to grow more beautiful as the bull kelp forests grow thicker and longer. We decided to sail around Stuart Island passing beautiful Lovers Leap and many bald eagle nests. Delicious dinner was served drifting under watchful bald eagles as the sun began to set.
Harbor seals – Flattop Island
Harbor seals – Flattop Island
Bald eagle coming in for a landing
Bald eagle calling
Several bald eagles sharing a meal
Fall colors in summer
White Rock
Heermann’s Gulls
Pt Disney in the distance and cormorants and seals in the foreground
Forest reflections in still waters
Harbor seal with pup
Bald eagle nest
Bald eagle nest
Bald eagle
Bald eagle in Madrone tree
Bald eagle in Madrone tree
Turn Pt Lighthouse and Lovers Leap
Belted Kingfisher
Bald eagle nest
Bald eagle who was perched above another eagle who was eating a dead seal pup
Bald eagle
Canada Geese swimming along Stuart Island where they took up residency
Bald eagle
Bald eagle in Madrone tree
Pink reflections in New Channel
Sunset over still waters in New Channel
Pair of bald eagles