May 19th – Arrival to Seatac International Airport, Seattle, WA.  Transfer to a nice hotel near the airport.  Evening presentation on bird and wildlife photography.

May 20th – Morning presentation on wildlife photography with Ken.  Then we will drive to Anacortes, WA and take the ferry across to San Juan Island.  At 4pm we will have our first 5 hour Orca and Seabird trip.  We will be photographing during the golden hours all the way up to sunset.  Discovery Inn, San Juan Island.

May 21st and 22nd – Each morning we will have an outing to a local park, our main targets there are Bald Eagles and Red Foxes.  The eagles often perch on rocks and driftwood in this area and there are 2 families of Red Fox in the area, with the black phase being common here.  We will also photograph other birds such as Black Oystercatcher.  Each afternoon we will have our 5 hour boat trip where we will photograph Orcas, Puffins, Seals and other seabirds.  We depart at 4pm each afternoon and return around 9:30 to take advantage of the best light, then we return to our hotel in Friday Harbor. 

May 23rd – One more morning with the eagles and foxes on San Juan Island followed by check out.  We will have 2 ferry rides to get to our next photography location on the north end of Hood Canal.  Here we will visit a Pigeon Guillemot colony.  We will then continue to our next hotel, the Best Western in Silverdale, Washington. 

May 24th and 25th – Each morning we will head out to Hood Canal to photograph Bald Eagles feasting on spawning fish.  They compete with each other, Great Blue Herons and Glaucous-winged Gulls over the food source.  It makes for excellent action and flight photography.  On sunny days the backdrop is the Olympic Mountains which makes for stunning backgrounds.  This is the only spot we know of where battles between herons and eagles are common.  One afternoon we will visit a local feeding station to photograph songbirds and woodpeckers. 

May 26th – One more morning of eagle photography out at Hood Canal, then return to the hotel check and transfer to the airport for your flight home.  Your return flight should be in the afternoon or we can book you one more night in Silverdale or near the airport. You will head home with a lot of great images and memories.