A couple weeks ago we made a trip up to (and across) the Strait of Juan de Fuca. On the ferry to Vancouver Island, I spotted a couple lifer Pomarine Jaegers, and I'm fairly sure I saw a Parasitic Jaeger as well but I wasn't able to get a photo. Other birds I was happy to see included Heermann's Gull, Short-billed Gull, and a flock of Black-bellied Plover.
These photos are © 2026 Phil Thompson, all rights reserved.
My "birds in review" collages can be found here.
Signature
📄 hashes-2026-09-16-084829.txt
📄 hashes-2026-09-16-084829.txt.sig
The above hashes-<date>.txt file contains SHA-256 hashes of all the photos
from this shoot. The hashes-<date>.txt.sig is a signature of that hashes
file, created with my PGP key. The signature file
itself was written to both the Bitcoin Cash and Algorand blockchains, in the
OP RETURN and Note fields respectively, using the transactions below.
In short, this proves that these photos and the signature both existed at the time the
transactions were written to the Bitcoin Cash and Algorand blockchains.
This blog post has more details.
view the BCH tx on blockchair.com: d262b0ae0162ea27f8f4430b3bba5315cefeeec870c40a082c7af6e6b87b49f8
view the ALGO tx on explorer.perawallet.app: T574OP66OX7LCO3HIOFGHPWLSPVWPS733DVTGX5JEN7P7WV2D6VQ
11:01AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Pigeon Guillemot
11:02AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Red-necked Grebe
11:04AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Belted Kingfisher
11:04AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Belted Kingfisher
11:06AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Rhinoceros Auklet
11:08AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Pigeon Guillemot
11:09AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Rhinoceros Auklet
11:11AM Sunday August 30, 2026
California Gull
11:11AM Sunday August 30, 2026
California Gull
11:12AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Horned Grebe
11:26AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Horned Grebe
11:28AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Horned Grebe
11:28AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Horned Grebe
11:28AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Horned Grebe
11:28AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Horned Grebe
11:28AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Horned Grebe
11:28AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Horned Grebe
11:28AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Horned Grebe
11:28AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Horned Grebe
11:28AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Horned Grebe
11:29AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Horned Grebe
11:29AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Horned Grebe
11:29AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Horned Grebe
11:29AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Short-billed Gull
11:29AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Horned Grebe, Short-billed Gull
11:30AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Horned Grebe, Short-billed Gull
11:30AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Horned Grebe, Short-billed Gull
11:30AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Horned Grebe, Short-billed Gull
11:30AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Horned Grebe, Short-billed Gull
11:33AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Black-bellied Plover
11:33AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Black-bellied Plover
11:33AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Black-bellied Plover
11:34AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Short-billed Dowitcher (Juvenile)
11:34AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Short-billed Dowitcher (Juvenile)
11:34AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Black-bellied Plover
11:36AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Black-bellied Plover
11:37AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Black-bellied Plover
11:37AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Black-bellied Plover
11:39AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Black-bellied Plover
11:39AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Black-bellied Plover
11:39AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Black-bellied Plover
11:39AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Black-bellied Plover
11:39AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Black-bellied Plover, Red-breasted Merganser
11:40AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Black-bellied Plover, Red-breasted Merganser
11:40AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Greater Scaup
11:42AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Greater Scaup
11:46AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Semipalmated PloverThis plover was zipping around and switching direction constantly right over the water. I thought it was some sort of swallow until I got a look at a photo.
11:55AM Sunday August 30, 2026
California Gull
11:55AM Sunday August 30, 2026
California Gull
11:55AM Sunday August 30, 2026
California Gull
11:58AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Common Loon
11:58AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Common Loon
11:58AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Common Loon
11:59AM Sunday August 30, 2026
Common Loon
12:14PM Sunday August 30, 2026
Least Sandpiper
12:52PM Monday August 31, 2026
Red-necked Grebe
12:55PM Monday August 31, 2026
Rhinoceros Auklet
12:57PM Monday August 31, 2026
Common Murre
12:57PM Monday August 31, 2026
Heermann's Gull
12:57PM Monday August 31, 2026
Heermann's Gull
12:59PM Monday August 31, 2026
Heermann's Gull
1:17PM Monday August 31, 2026
Pomarine Jaeger
1:17PM Monday August 31, 2026
Pomarine Jaeger
1:17PM Monday August 31, 2026
Pomarine Jaeger
1:17PM Monday August 31, 2026
Pomarine Jaeger
1:17PM Monday August 31, 2026
Pomarine Jaeger
1:17PM Monday August 31, 2026
Pomarine Jaeger
1:21PM Monday August 31, 2026
unknown
1:34PM Monday August 31, 2026
Pomarine Jaeger
1:34PM Monday August 31, 2026
Pomarine Jaeger
1:34PM Monday August 31, 2026
Pomarine Jaeger
1:35PM Monday August 31, 2026
Pomarine Jaeger
1:35PM Monday August 31, 2026
Pomarine Jaeger
1:35PM Monday August 31, 2026
Pomarine Jaeger
3:38PM Monday August 31, 2026
Red Crossbill
3:43PM Monday August 31, 2026
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
4:25PM Monday August 31, 2026
Belted Kingfisher
4:26PM Monday August 31, 2026
Harbor Seal
4:26PM Monday August 31, 2026
Harbor Seal
4:26PM Monday August 31, 2026
Harbor Seal
4:26PM Monday August 31, 2026
Harbor Seal
4:27PM Monday August 31, 2026
Glaucous-winged Gull
4:27PM Monday August 31, 2026
Glaucous-winged GullThe wingtips look a bit dark to me for Glaucous-winged, but I'm not an expert. P10 also has no mirror, but I don't think that means anything.
4:32PM Monday August 31, 2026
Rhinoceros Auklet
4:46PM Monday August 31, 2026
4:46PM Monday August 31, 2026
4:46PM Monday August 31, 2026
4:47PM Monday August 31, 2026
Mule Deer
4:49PM Monday August 31, 2026
Northern Yellow Warbler
4:49PM Monday August 31, 2026
Northern Yellow Warbler
10:46AM Tuesday September 01, 2026
California Gull
10:47AM Tuesday September 01, 2026
California Gull
10:47AM Tuesday September 01, 2026
California Gull, Heermann's Gull
10:47AM Tuesday September 01, 2026
California Gull
10:48AM Tuesday September 01, 2026
California Gull
12:06PM Tuesday September 01, 2026
Harbor Seal
12:06PM Tuesday September 01, 2026
Harbor Seal
12:12PM Tuesday September 01, 2026
Surf Scoter
12:19PM Tuesday September 01, 2026
12:20PM Tuesday September 01, 2026
Surf Scoter
12:26PM Tuesday September 01, 2026
Pelagic Cormorant
12:33PM Tuesday September 01, 2026
California Gull
3:34PM Tuesday September 01, 2026
California Gull
3:34PM Tuesday September 01, 2026
California Gull
3:36PM Tuesday September 01, 2026
Rhinoceros Auklet
3:36PM Tuesday September 01, 2026
California Gull
3:36PM Tuesday September 01, 2026
California Gull
9:24AM Wednesday September 02, 2026
Steller Sea Lion
9:24AM Wednesday September 02, 2026
Steller Sea Lion
9:25AM Wednesday September 02, 2026
9:26AM Wednesday September 02, 2026
9:26AM Wednesday September 02, 2026
3:56PM Wednesday September 02, 2026
California Gull, Common Murre
3:56PM Wednesday September 02, 2026
California Gull
4:57PM Thursday September 03, 2026
Glaucous-winged Gull
4:57PM Thursday September 03, 2026
Glaucous-winged GullThis bird is banded. I'll be submitting the photos somewhere to report the sighting.
4:57PM Thursday September 03, 2026
Glaucous-winged Gull
5:01PM Thursday September 03, 2026
5:01PM Thursday September 03, 2026
California Gull
5:01PM Thursday September 03, 2026
California Gull