August 16, 2022 – A great sail as we headed south out of Cattle Pass where we found lots of birds including cormorants, grebes, murres, rhinoceros auklets, harlequin ducks, On…
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Mountains, a minke whale, brown pelican and more
August 15, 2022 – A fantastic adventure on the water. Great sailing, harbor seals including new pups, a bald eagle, a (rarely seen) brown pelicans on Whale Rocks, Steller sea…
Read moreGray whale, Tufted Puffins, Minke whales, Brown Pelican, Sea lions
August 12, 2022 – We traveled as fast as we could on the ebb current out of Cattle Pass to catch up with a gray whale who was also traveling…
Read moreMinke whales, brown pelicans, the “naked seal”, and a Humpback playing with kelp
August 11, 2022 – An epic adventure full of wildlife. Bald eagles, harbor seals, great blue herons, black oystercatchers, ochre sea stars, two (rarely seen) brown pelicans on Whale Rocks,…
Read moreMinke encounter and Southern Resident Orcas from the L12’s
August 8, 2022 – We sailed south and spotted many harbor seals, some bald eagles and saw many cormorants and gulls nesting on Goose Island. As we arrived at Salmon…
Read moreMinke whale “Trotsky II”
August 7, 2022 – After exiting Friday Harbor we drifted behind Turn Island State Park passing many harbor seals hauled out on the rocks. Keeping out of the flood current…
Read moreOrcas T75B’s San Juan Channel and Minke whales on Salmon Bank
August 2, 2022 – We cast off rather quickly to catch up with some Biggs/Transient orcas known as the T75B’s who were southbound in San Juan Channel. The orcas stalled…
Read moreMinke Whale circles Swirl Rocks
July 31, 2022 – A great wing on wing sail down San Juan Channel and out of Cattle Pass. Passing Goose Island with the cormorant rookery we noticed gulls with new…
Read moreMinke on Salmon Bank, sail around Lopez and Sea Otter at Bird Rocks
July 30, 2022 – A great sail down San Juan Channel. Passed Goose Island where the cormorants and gulls nest. A visit to Whale Rocks to see the harbor seals…
Read moreMinke whale “Trotsky II” and a sunset sail
July 29, 2022 – Sailing south out of Cattle Pass spotting some cool wildlife including a minke whale known as “Trotsky II” (one we haven’t seen yet this year), harbor…
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