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October 18: Northern Channel Islands Monument Trip
This 9 hour
trip departs from the Island Packer’s dock in the Ventura Harbor at 8:00
a.m. on the fast catamaran Islander. After dropping off campers on
Santa Cruz Island, we will have the boat to ourselves and cruise around Santa
Cruz Island to the Santa Cruz Passage by Santa Rosa Island, and along the Santa
Rosa Flats to the deeper water near San Nicholas Island. Then, we will return
by Arch Rock at Anacapa Island. Birds seen on prior trips: Northern Fulmar;
Pink-footed Sooty and Black-vented Shearwaters; Black Storm-Petrel; comorants
(3); Pomarine and Parasitic Jaegers; Sabine’s Gull; rocky shorebirds ( up to 5);
Common Murre; Craveri’s and Xantus’s Murrelets; Cassin’s Auklet. Rarities:
Buller’s and Flesh-footed Shearwaters; South Polar Skua; Long-tailed Jaeger.
Blue, Finback and Humpback whales have been seen on this trip. In 2002, a
Streaked Shearwater, and in 2003 a Brown Booby and 2 Manx Shearwaters were seen. Leaders: Todd McGrath, Jon Feenstra, David Pereksta. $130 – Save
$5.00 with an early sign-up 60 days prior to the trip departure. There is a
snack-type galley with beverages.
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