Blogs and News about Cactus Islands of the San Juan Islands, Washington State.
Last updated on Wed, 7 Jan 2009
Transients in Canada!With the fog thick to the south end of San Juan Island, we head north to the Ts! Clear, calm waters with the sun shining! The T46s, comprised of mother T46B and calves T46B1 and T46B2, probably with grandmother T46 were all traveling ...
j pod!received word that the whales were off the west side of san juan island moving north. since they were close by we were able to take our time looking for other wildlife! we stopped to see the eagle chick on o'neill island, still hanging ...
unlikely encounters.as we left the dock for our afternoon trip, we got a call that there were some whales in new channel (the channel between the cactus islands and speiden island). capt. ivan has always been speculating on why we don’t find more ...
orcas at hein bankour first leg of the journey took us through the cactus islands where were saw an abundance of harbor seals and their pups. we proceeded through johns pass and travelled the north shore of stuart island where we watched a bald eagle ...
one day….two very different trips!!on our way back to friday harbor we wound our way through the cactus islands again. however, today….what a surprise! we heard bald eagles calling back and forth with excitement. then we saw two immature bald eagles, in their beautiful ...
a porpoise of a day.today we spent most of our trips up north of san juan island exploring spieden island, cactus islands , stuart island, and the canadian gulf islands. while no whales were spotted, we were treated to all of the other wonderful animals in ...
up high, down low, young and old, eagles abound!while stopping at the osprey nest site in san juan channel, we could spy an osprey settling into just the right spot. there was eagle nest activity on o’neil island, but no small heads visible. we found harbor seals, and more eagles on ...
wedding belling are ringing aboard western prince!as we wound our way through the cactus islands on our way home, we noticed two adult bald eagles sitting one above the other on a tree on big cactua. hum. no one tending to the nest? maybe on a “nest break???” we ran down san juan ...
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. ...
getting underwaywe saw multiple eagles, including a great view of an adult perched near the water by the cactus islands . as our trip came to a close, and we discussed everything we learned, we received the biggest surprise of the voyage: a massive ...
