

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...


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...


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...


2018 Pelagic Trips with Island Packers
Save the dates: July 15th and Oct 6th 2018 Cook's Petrel Seen July 2017 Island Packers has set the dates for two of our Summer/Fall...


2018 Scrub-Jay Pelagic trip report
Island Scrub-Jay at Prisoner's Harbor, Santa Cruz Island March 10th, 2018: Island Packers hosted another Island Scrub-Jay Pelagic birding...


Island Scrub-Jay Pelagic 2018
Island Scrub-Jay We are kicking off the new year with our first birding excursion March 10th. This trip has had success in the past few...


Island Packers July 16th, 2017 Pelagic trip out of Ventura, Ca
Silk Bath (Scripps's Murrelet) We covered a lot of water on this one... a lot of water that looked A LOT like this. The understated...