August 2, 2025 – Another great sailing day where we sailed all the way to Flattop Island and back again. Highlights include a harbor seal giving birth on Low Island which we weren’t sure about until reviewing the photographs. Idyllic landscape of the honeycomb sandstone coastline offering warm haul out locations for the harbor seal moms with new pups. Pigeon guillemots gave chorus of high pitched whistles on the north side of Flattop Island. Black oystercatchers announced presence of bald eagles. A beautiful day in the San Juan Islands.
Harbor seal being born (top left) on Low Island
Harbor seal being born (top left)
Newborn harbor seal pup (top right)
Harbor seal with double-crested cormorants, Low Island
Bald eagle
Black oystercatchers, Low Island
Sentinel and Spieden Islands
Harbor seals, Jones Island
Haida cabin, Reef Island
Bald eagle nest, Flattop Island
Harbor seals, Flattop Island
Harbor seal mom and pup, Flattop Island
Resting harbor seal, Flattop Island
Harbor seals and a newborn pup, Flattop Island
Harbor seal mom and pup, Flattop Island
Bald eagle, Flattop Island
Pigeon guillemots, Flattop Island
Flattop Island
Harbor seals, Flattop Island
Close-hauled sailing back to Friday Harbor
Close-hauled sailing back to Friday Harbor
Harbor seals, Yellow island
Harbor seals, Yellow island
Route map 8/2/25