Channel Islands National Park
Santa Cruz Island (at Scorpion)
From February 15 through the 23 I was on the California coast taking stills, video and making recordings of wildlife. I acquired a great deal of material, the product of which will be either heard on my segment of Living on Earth or posted here at Salt Marsh Diary over the next 5 or 6 months (it will take that long to write everything that needs to be written, and to edit sound and images). Of this work, the most concentrated and unusual material by far comes from Channel Islands National Park, this year celebrating its 30th anniversary. To say these islands are “gems” is to tarnish them: No diamond, no sapphire or emerald ever shone this bright. You will find a small sample of what I saw below. This is just a quick survey, but feel free to share your thoughts.
Mark Seth Lender March 1, 2010
Elephant Seal Combat [males]
Coming this week: Juvenile Elephant Seal; Elephant Seal Threat Vocalization [female]; Channel Islands Fox
And MORE: Photographs of Southern Sea Otter taken well north of the Channel Islands in and around Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay.
