The so-called Baby Islands...

are a cluster of volcanic cinder cones that are emergent from the sea, and now being rapidly eroded by high energy waves and tidal currents. They host a variety of shorebirds, and here some tufted puffins take to the wing as our Zodiac approaches:

I caught this oyster catcher feeding in the intertidal zone:

Here are a couple of glaucous-winged gulls, and a pelagic cormorant, enjoying a perch on the volcanic breccia:

A couple of harbor seals, a mom and her pup, showed slight curiosity as we drifted by: