[CINC] Island Adventure 10-24

[TARA BROWN]

Thank you Alec, Jean, and Zac for taking Bill Wakelee, me and about 30 other passengers to Santa Cruz Island, via the feeding areas in the Channel.
 
We saw:
2 Humpbacks (a cow/calf pair)
1,000 common dolphin --- there and back, all along the way
1 island fox
 
Angela, who was monitoring the island fox (and her radio smelled like skunk) told me not to worry about the island fox I saw who was favoring his/her foot and looked a bit hungry.  There is not much in bloom now, except the island morning glory.  Got my first photo today of a raven (with another raven look-out close by --- I do believe they work in pairs) successfully opening a camper's back-pack.
 
Everyday is a good day on the water, and we are blessed to be a part of nature.  Winter is coming on, the sherwaters are here from New Zealand --- why --- I guess it is a right of passage.  Who knows?
 
Best regards,
Tara Brown
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