It’s another calm morning as I set out paddling toward the river.  

I spot a pair of Guillemots enjoying the peacefulness of the early morning  also.

Just passed the river, I find a lone merganser standing on the shore.

Eventually, he decided I looked a bit suspicious.  But, he played it cool, paddling away, instead of flying.  I was impressed.

Marbled murrelets are always difficult to capture, but this guy wasn’t camera shy at all.

I continued on to the first drying rock and found these harlequins.

The harlequins didn’t hang around long, however, when they saw this mink headed their way.

As close as I was, I was sure I’d be able to get more shots of the mink, once he was up on the rock, but he hit the ground running and I never saw him again.  So, I continued on to the rocks at the entrance, where I found more harlequins and oystercatchers.

The tide was really low, exposing lots of pisaster sea stars.

The seagulls were also enjoying the low tide.

By now, it was 1000 hrs and I hadn’t had breakfast yet, so I headed back to the boat.  I spotted this eagle so high up in a tree that I had to get almost directly under him to get close enough for a shot.