Repeating our popular trip from May, this is an ALL DAY outing to Santa Cruz Island with Island Packers out of Ventura! For 15 lucky PAS members who will be selected via lottery sign-up. This is a hybrid of island endemic exploration, buttressed by seawatching and pelagic excitement on the boat there and back. On the island, we plan for some light hiking to target endemics like Island Scrub-Jay, Island Fox, and will be actively targeting fall migration songbirds - weird ones tend to end up on the Channel Islands this time of year. And you never know what pelagic birds of interest may be gracing the county waters of Ventura and Santa Barbara. Ticket price is $85/person (inclusive of roundtrip boat, leaders, and tips). PAS membership required.
TRIP LIMIT: 15 people. Participants will be chosen by lottery, with preference given to those who where on the waitlist for the May Santa Cruz Island trip.
Sunday, October 26th, 7:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Trip leaders: Alex Coffey and Grigory Heaton
Repeating our popular trip from May, this is an ALL DAY outing to Santa Cruz Island with Island Packers out of Ventura! For 15 lucky PAS members who will be selected via lottery sign-up. This is a hybrid of island endemic exploration, buttressed by seawatching and pelagic excitement on the boat there and back. On the island, we plan for some light hiking to target endemics like Island Scrub-Jay, Island Fox, and will be actively targeting fall migration songbirds - weird ones tend to end up on the Channel Islands this time of year. And you never know what pelagic birds of interest may be gracing the county waters of Ventura and Santa Barbara. Ticket price is $85/person (inclusive of roundtrip boat, leaders, and tips). PAS membership required.
TRIP LIMIT: 15 people. Participants will be chosen by lottery, with preference given to those who where on the waitlist for the May Santa Cruz Island trip.
PHOTO: Island Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma insularis). Photo by Anita Gold/flickr.com. License: CC BY-NC 2.0