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Birding The Santa Barbara Channel and Beyond

The Channel Islands National Park

NOAA Map

The Channel Islands National Park showing the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary boundary which extends 6 nautical miles around each island.

Marine Sanctuary Map

This is another map of the Santa Barbara Channel that also depicts the 13 marine protected areas.

Endemic Subspecies

These are the endemic Subspecies of the Channel Islands National Park. Only the Island Scrub-Jay is currently considered a fully separate species.

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Marine Sanctuary Map

This is another map of the Santa Barbara Channel that also depicts the 13 marine protected areas.