August 3, 2025 – Lots of wildlife on our sail around Flattop Island and Spieden Island including harbor seals with pups, nesting pigeon guillemots, newly fledged bald eagle chicks, adult bald eagles, and black oystercatchers. Garry Oak trees against glacial erratics. Honeycomb sandstone coastlines. Beautiful tranquility in the calm waters of New Channel. Calls of bald eagles, pigeon guillemots whistles and excited chatter of black oystercatchers. Harbor seals hauled out in the comfort of the mom’s protective eye. Pecking order for bald eagles and turkey vultures with something good to eat on the clam shell beach of Ripple Island.
Bald eagle chick from Flattop Island taking flight
Coastline of San Juan Island near Friday Harbor
Coastline of San Juan Island near Pt Caution
Bald eagle
Nob Island and Turtleback Mountain
Great blue heron, Low Island
Black oystercatchers, Low Island
Harbor seal with pup, Low Island
Bald eagle nest, Flattop Island
Harbor seal with honeycombed sandstone, Flattop Island
Harbor seal mom and pup with honeycombed sandstone, Flattop Island
Harbor seals with honeycombed sandstone, Flattop Island
Harbor seals, Flattop Island
Harbor seals with honeycombed sandstone, Flattop Island
Flattop Island
Pigeon guillemots, Flattop Island
Bald eagle eating remains of something on Ripple Island
Glacial erratic, Ripple Island
Gulls and harlequin ducks, New Channel
Bull kelp forest, New Channel
Gary Oak Tree, Cactus Island
Pigeon guillemots by Cactus Islands
Bald eagle under nest, Cactus Island
Black oystercatchers by Little Cactus Island
Pacific madrone tree, Spieden Island
Cool rock formation, Spieden Island
Bald eagle, Spieden Island
Bald eagle, Spieden Island
Harbor seal with pup, Spieden Island
Garry Oak tree, Spieden Island
Bald eagle, Spieden Island
Garry Oak tree and glacial erratics, Spieden Island
Route map 8/3/25