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...
April 2018 Monthly Report
In March I thought it would be a good idea to give a monthly recap of what kind of birds and wildlife were around in the SB channel. I...
March News 2018
Here it is the second week in April and I thought I should try something new. It will be mutually beneficial. I plan on publishing a...
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...