February 2021, Island Scrub-Jay Pelagic
Island Scrub-Jay Hello everyone. If you have been cooped up for far too long and would like to get out for some fresh air and open ocean...
October 2020, Pelagic Highlights and November 21st Pelagic announcement
Rhinoceros Auklet photo by David Pereksta The October 3rd Pelagic trip out of Ventura, Ca with Island Packers was a mix of challenging...
July 12th, 2020 Pelagic with Island Packers
What a year huh? Understatement of the decade? Well perhaps this blog post will be something to take your mind off of the wider world if...
2020 Pelagic Trips with Island Packers
It feels so good to be in 2020 doesn't it? It's just a nice number in many ways... so even, so clear eyed. The 2020 vision of a young...
Island Packers Pelagic Trip: October 5th, 2019
Hello everyone, here is a little recap of the October 5th, 2019 Pelagic Birding trip on the Island Packers Vessel Island Explorer. Trip...
Booby Sighting off the Coast of Ventura
Today 8/3/2019 on my way back to Ventura from Santa Cruz Island I caught sight of an out of place bird flying well out ahead of us. It...
Sorry a Shark has eaten my old blog ;)
Hi all, If you are looking for my old blog posts in their old format you can now find them in the "more" header at the top of the page....
July 14th, 2019 Pelagic Trip
July has come and gone and so has a lot of time since my last blog post! Sorry about that, I have been in full Daddy mode trying to work...
February, 2019 Monthly Report
As February ran through its last few days the wildlife patterns have been slowly changing in the Santa Barbara Channel. Most notably we...
January Monthly Report
Brandt's Cormorants, Anacapa Island Things have turned around from a rather slow November/December with some seasonal turnover in the SB...