Blogs and News about Cactus Islands of the San Juan Islands, Washington State.
Last updated on Sat, 13 Mar 2010
here comes the sun againalong the way we stopped to see harbor seals at ripple rocks and a lone bald eagle on one of the cactus islands . the day was warm and sunny and perfect and i am so glad that i have taken the opportunity to live this life. ...
the sun has setwe did get a surprise though, when we came around the corner between the cactus islands and saw a steller's sea lion. these guys are still supposed to be up in alaska. this was probably a sub-adult male that just was not quite big ...
Turning PointsOn the way home to Friday Harbor we stopped by one of the Cactus Islands to look at 11 bald eagles feeding on a carcass. It was a mix of both juveniles and adults scattered all over the rocks and shoreline. As we watched a very large, ...
canada here we come!craig maneuvered us through the day and at saturna island turned us around and drove us back towards san juan island. we made a quick run past the cactus islands so that our guests could see bald eagles and harbor seals, and then over ...
west side!!!the captain then decided to head north and take a peak at the cactus islands . these islands are very beautiful. we then began looking for bald eagles and too our surprise found not only one but four. on our way back to friday harbor we ...
k20 & k38 on the move!it was quite a scenic boat trip back through the islands with glimpses of eagles soaring and one occupying it's very large nest in the cactus islands . not to mention, there were quite a number of porpoise swimming about in the swiftly ...
oh deer!our crowning glory though was when we came to the channel between the cactus islands only to see two buck deer swimming between the two islands. since moving here i have heard stories of deer out in the channels, but this was a first ...
orcas off the west side of san juan j-pod off the west side of san juan island near lime kiln state park. j-pod was fairly spread out but great to watch. we took a trip past the north side of spieden island and the cactus islands . the north side of spieden is very ...
san juan islands aleegria island; allan island; anderson island; armitage island; barnes island; barren island; battleship island; bell island; blakely island; blind island; boulder island; brown island; buck island; burrows island; cactus islands ...
wedding bells are ringing aboard western prince!the seas were flat, the wind was calm, and it was a beautiful trip all the way up san juan channel. about where president's channel enters, there were foraging harbor porpoise. we stopped to watch them in the dead calm water. ...
