July 13, 2017, Thursday — Kisameet —

I was on the water early this morning, headed for the northern entrance to the bay when I spotted this Kingfisher.

 

 

A pair of Murrelets suddenly popped up in front me.  I think they were as surprised as I was.   After paddling all over the bay in pursuit, I was eventually able to get this one shot of them.

The wind was still calm, so I headed outside the entrance and followed the shoreline, checking out the rocks for any interesting sea creatures exposed by the low tide.

An unusual color caught my eye and I went to investigate.  At first I thought it must be a colorful piece of rope  washed up on the rocks.  But, when I zoomed in on it with my camera, I discovered it wasn’t rope, it was sea anemones (anthopleura xanthogrammica).  I’d never seen this sea anemone before.  It was the most beautiful shade of green, like jade.

 

I also spotted this interesting critter, about the size of a very small abalone.  I haven’t been able to identify it yet, but it looked like a delicious piece of Sees dark chocolate caramel.

Once inside the bay again, I spotted Harlequin Ducks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Al was probably wondering what happened to me, so I started paddling for the boat.  But then I spotted this Kingfisher just begging to have his picture taken.