There was a break in the wet weather today so we were quick to take advantage of it and go out for an evening paddle. This time we launched at Bowman Bay in Deception Pass State Park. We paddled out to a small island and were treated to a sighting of what we later determined to be a bunch of Heermann's gulls. They are very unique, dark colored gulls with red/orange bills. Apparently, 90% of the population of this species breeds on a single island group off Baja California. They spend the rest of the year anywhere from California to British Columbia. This is an exciting sighting!
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