Photography and Story by Sara Montour Lewis
This spring day had me roaming all over the north Sound. It was the first true warm day of the year and I was more than ready to spend the entirety of it basking in the (finally) warm rays next to our majestic Salish Sea. A tour around Whidbey Island didn’t turn up very much wildlife, so on a whim I decided to jump on the ferry at Fort Casey, enjoy the ride across the Sound, and spend the rest of the day in Port Townsend. As luck would have it I was able to spend that sunset with a couple of very hungry (and adorable!) river otters that used a close rock as a dinner plate (until the tide submerged it again as the sun set).
Pelagic cormorants near the ferry terminal at Fort Casey on Whidbey Island.
A bald eagle soaring above the Point Wilson Lighthouse with the Cascades Mountains in the background.
A very serious California sea lion floating along in the current off of Point Wilson.
Rhinocerous Auklets in breeding plumage flying towards the Strait of Juan de Fuca
A herring gull keeping an eye on the sky (with good reason, as seen below)
A bald eagle perched overhead, looking over Point Wilson
A North American river otter posing perfectly on a rock that was revealed by the low tide
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Dinner #1 with this North American river otter
A harbor seal taking a sunset swim at Fort Worden
Dinner #2 for this hungry guy/gal
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