A blast of a day celebrating a sister's birthday on the Anacortes Wild-Side Eco Tour!
Always lovely to spend time with the adventurous women hikers from American Cruise Lines...
Susan and Nick (from the East coast) wanted exercise for the day so off we went hiking in the North Cascades and to the edge of the Salish Sea! Along the way, they got to meet our amazing PNW trees.
Every birding cruise has its own magic and surprises... On this one, the last of 2023, we started off with an amazing light display by the early morning fog, encountered many pairs of Marbled murrelets in their winter plumage as well as the Pigeon guillemots, a small flock of migrating Red-necked phalaropes and lots and lots of cormorants. But we all agreed that the Steller sea lion thrashing apart a halibut for lunch was the highlight of the day!
Check out this Steller sea lion tearing a halibut apart for lunch! A totally unexpected wildlife encounter during our Anacortes Birding Cruise.