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Western Gulls Nest on Anacapa Island

June 1, 2017 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

One of the best parts of my mini-adventure to Anacapa Island was having the opportunity to see tons of nesting western gulls. Towards the end of April, thousands of western gulls flock to the island to mate and lay eggs. Incubating the eggs takes about one month and our trip was scheduled to coincide with… [read more]

Filed Under: Birds Tagged With: Anacapa Island, baby bird, baby western gulls, bird, bird nest, Channel Islands, nesting, western gull, western gull chicks, western gulls

Anacapa Island Adventure

May 27, 2017 by Carolyn Kraft Leave a Comment

I finally got to do something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time – visit Anacapa Island! (Anacapa Island is the second smallest Channel Island and it’s part of Channel Islands National Park.) It’s really not that hard to visit the island if you live in Southern California, it’s just a matter of… [read more]

Filed Under: Birds, Ocean events Tagged With: Anacapa Island, Arch Rock, Channel Islands, gulls, ocean, ocean adventure, Oxnard, sea beauty, seagulls, western gulls, whale watching

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