Cattle Point Lighthouse — Monday, May. 16, 2022

I took a four day trip to San Juan Island for my 38th birthday and had the best birthday of my life.. My goal for the trip was to see foxes, and as you can see I succeeded beyond my wildest dreams... A mom fox has her den in the park and I got to observe her busily hunting for her five 6 week old kits while they napped and played by the trail. Obviously they are super habituated to humans, but these photos were taken with a telephoto lens from a healthy distance. Most people were keeping their distance and even creating a bit of a social trail to avoid the area the kits were hanging out in. Honestly, I could have watched them forever, but I was with my girlfriend and she didn't have the same rapt attention that I did. lol. I forced her to stay for quite a while though. 

We actually first found the foxes by chance on a longer hike on 5/14, but I made her come back again on 5/16 before our ferry left because I couldn't get enough of the cuteness. I'm making a separate trip report for this trip just so I can share some pictures with you all. I'll make another trip report for the hike we did 5/14. It was VERY HARD to choose photos for this trip report. lol.

The park itself is very nice in its own right with a cute small lighthouse, lovely coastal views, and a trail to the water where we saw great tidepools with crabs, anemones, starfish, sculpins, chitons and limpets.

San Juan Island is a magical place and I loved my trip here. Thanks to WTA user Maddy for their trip report last year... I bookmarked early May as a good time to visit the island in hopes of finding baby foxes and it payed off. Doesn't hurt that it coincides with my birthday. :)