July 11
Left Klag bay at 7am to take advantage of the typically nicer ocean conditions in the morning.
Saw a doe and fawn on the beach on the way out. The weather was nice enough that I sat out on flying bridge for the ride to Salisbury sound. Very flat calm, a little sunny, high overcast. It was kind of cool, but a pleasant place to ride.
Through the passage out of Klag bay heard Winter wrens, Varied and Hermit thrushes, and watched a Common merganser flying through the trees around the point. It never landed while I was watching.
A few sea lions and one harbor seal near exit from the passage out of Klag bay.
The ocean was beautifully calm. It was a nice way to finish the trip. There were a few birds on the horizon, fewer Marbled murrelets, Pelagic cormorants, Common murres, one Parasitc jaeger. Also saw a few sea otters (one with a pup) and 3 humpbacks near Potato patch on Khaz head.
One Rhinoceros auklet and Red necked phalaropes in Salisbury Sound.
Made it back to town around 2pm(?). The boats went to the fuel dock before settling in Eliason Harbor. I was kind of sorry to be disembarking. It had been a very interesting trip and the boat had started to feel like home.
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