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...
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...
Nov/Dec Monthly Report
Long-beaked Common Dolphin Long overdue, I have decided to merge November and December into one report due to my lack of getting out of...
October Monthly Report (5 Boobies!)
Another record setting Pelagic trip ran on October 6th out of Ventura, Ca. The Island Packers vessel Island Explorer set out on a full...
September 2018, Monthly Report
September was another great month to be on the water or to visit one of the Channel Islands. With fall migration underway I was excited...
August Monthly Report and Pelagic Trip
Okay well, let's do this in reverse order. I am going to start with our recent pelagic trip that ran on August 29th. I know I didn't even...
July 15th 2018 Pelagic Trip and Monthly Report
July has been one for the record books. This may be the most densely packed monthly report the SaltyBird will ever produce! Actually I...
June 2018 Monthly Report
Bottlenose Dolphin taking in the view The month of June was all about the Whales and Dolphins. Seabird variety was fairly static during...
May 2018 Monthly Report
Long-beaked Common Dolphin The month of May brought a few changes to distribution of wildlife out in the Santa Barbara Channel. The last...