August 25-29, 2017 — Wallace Bight Lagoon —

On my first morning in Wallace Bight Loon I spotted an Osprey perched on an old snag, enjoying the morning sun.

 

 

 

It was a beautiful sunny day, and it was low tide, so I decided to paddle outside the lagoon and check out the tidal rapids in the east end of the Wallace Bight.  We actually entered this channel at high tide in Jubilacion many years ago, before electronic charts, thinking we were entering the lagoon.  Hard to believe we managed to get in and out without hitting a rock.

 

 

 

Each day I paddled the perimeter of the entire lagoon, looking for photo ops.  There weren’t many birds around, other than this Loon, who was very adept at dodging me.

 

 

And this pair of Loons who seemed to be performing a ballet.

 

And, I found this female Mallard feeding in a shady cove.

 

 

 

There were two pair of Murrelets that fished the lagoon all day long. 

 

 

 

 

When I couldn’t find any birds, I checked out the rocky shoreline for Sea Stars.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While admiring the Sea Stars, I spotted Sea Urchins just a couple of fee below the surface of the water.  Needless to say, with my inflatable kayak, I steered clear of the Sea Urchins.  They were beautiful, but dangerous.

 

 

I had been reading a novel by Elizabeth Gilbert, called The Signature of All Things, in which the main character is a bryologist (an expert on mosses).  A bryologist would be in Heaven in this area.  There are probably thousands of different mosses here.  I couldn’t help taking a photo of this rocky slope, covered with lots of different mosses, including a beautiful rosy variety.