Photos by Tag: guemes channel
Baker, tug & Northern Hawk: 2015
Two of my favorite photography subjects — Mt. Baker and a Dunlap tug — are featured in this Guemes Channel scene from June 2015. The Dunlap tug “Port Gardner” is dwarfed by the “Northern Hawk,” vessel under tow from the Anacortes Port District pier.
Longshoremen load petroleum coke
A shipment of petroleum coke from the Shell Refinery is loaded aboard the Santa Johanna, Port of Anacortes Pier 2 on the Guemes Channel.
Guemes Channel dockhouse: 2006
Evidence that I have dabbled with art effects before. Dock house on Guemes Channel, October 2006, with watercolor effect.
Here I am!
There were two male hooded mergansers and only one female … so I’m guessing this male’s posture and “audible” were intended to set himself apart.
Always beautiful
Mt. Baker, as viewed from a beach on the west side of Anacortes, Guemes Channel in the foreground.
Island clouds
View from an Anacortes beach, Cypress Island in background.
Wharf house on channel
I took this photo in 2004. A small wharf house on the Guemes Channel, next door to Anchor Cove Marina.
Ferry meets schooner
State ferry “Kitsap” makes the turn toward Ship Harbor, moving into this photograph with three-masted schooner “Distant Drummer,” anchored in the Guemes Channel.
Osprey makes presence known
Ospreys are back from the migratory season, and they are making themselves known. This osprey put on a show Thursday afternoon, hunting the waters of the Guemes Channel and then roosting on a snag above the Guemes Channel Trail to enjoy a dinner of fresh fish.
Under observation
A sailboat moves east on the Guemes Channel as a group of “posted” cormorants watches on. From “N” Avenue Park in downtown Anacortes.
Summer’s end
These sailors motored up Guemes Channel over the past weekend, making the most of remaining summer days. The shore of Guemes appears in the background.