It’s sprinkling this morning as we pull the anchor, headed for Booker Lagoon, on Broughton Island, where we hope to catch some prawns. We’re so late this year, they may all be gone by now. We’ll see.
The mist turned into a high fog that followed us all the way to Booker.
Just as we got into Cullen Harbour, I spotted this row of ducks. I’d never seen ducks like these, so I was anxious to get some photos. They were so far away, and moving at a good clip, so the photos aren’t great. When I looked them up in my bird book, I discovered that they were Rhinoceros Auklets! But actually, “Auklet” is a misnomer, since these little guys are actually not Auklets at all, but instead are closely related to Puffins. I’ve looked for Puffins for years since my friend, Anne Reeves spotted one years ago. I guess a close relative is as close as I’m going to get to finding a Puffin.
As we entered Booker Passage, it looked like we might have the lagoon to ourselves. Yay!
As soon as we had our hook down, Al went out to set our prawn trap. I’m looking forward to a delicious dish of Booker Lagoon Prawns Linguini tomorrow evening.
Summer Cruise Aboard "Jubilacion" 2017 