Bio130: Methods in Field Biology Spring 2017 Santa Cruz Island Itinerary
Here is an approximate itinerary of our trip to Santa Cruz Island (subject to last minute changes)
Date / Time / ActivityFri 7 April / 06:30am sharp! / Meet EBS loading dock, Load gear
0715-0800 / Drive to Ventura Harbor
0800-0900 / Check in at Island Packers, load boat
0900-1045 / Boat trip. Marine Mammal Survey
TAs: Dylan & Maggie
1045-1115 / Unload boat, pack gear into trucks
1115-1230 / Interpretive hike to Pelican Bay
1230-1300 / Lunch at Pelican Bay
1300-1400 / Hike back to Prisoner’s Cove
1400-1435 / Drive to Field Station
1435-1500 / Field station orientation; unpack trucks
1500-1600 / Set-up camera & Tracking stations- TAs: Gaby, Nick, Victoria
1600-1700 / Sit spot
1700-1800 / Dinner prep/journals
1800-1900 / Dinner & clean-up
1900-2030 / Plankton research (Fernanda)
Sat 8 April
(sunrise 0645) / 0600-0645 / Dawn Chorus
0645-0715 / Breakfast; clean up; make lunches
0715-1015 / Bird Surveys TAs: Zev & Sam
1015-1115 / Check tracking stations- TAs: Gaby, Nick, Victoria
1115-1200 / Sit spot
1200-1230 / Lunch & prep for intertidal trip
1230-1330 / Drive & hike to Valley Anchorage
1330-1600 / Low tide -0.17’ at 1500
Abalone Surveys TAs: Hunter & Brianna
1600-1700 / Hike out & drive back to field station
(sunset 1803) / 1700-1900 / Fox Behavior TAs: Lylah & Bob
1900-1930 / Dinner Prep/journals
1930-2030 / Dinner; Clean up
2000-2130 / Bat Surveys (Jorie)
Sun 9 April
(sunrise 0645) / 0600-0645 / Dawn Chorus
0700-0800 / Breakfast
0800-1000 / Tracking & Scat Surveys
1000-1130 / Clean field station; Pack
1130-1200 / lunch
1200-1320 / Group project research time
1320-1400 / Drive to Prisoner’s Cove
1400-1500 / Wetland Restoration intro/site visit/exploration
1500-1600 / Group project research time
1600-1630 / Load boat
1630-1800 / Boat trip back to Ventura
1800-1830 / Unload boat, pack trailer & cars
1830-1915 / Drive back to SBCC
1915-1945 / Unpack trailer
Dinner teams (your team will be clean-up crew on the same night of the week on the other weekend that you cook for)
Food limitations:
Vegetarian/Vegan: Kelsey, Victoria, Maggie, Sam, Gabby, Kayla
Nut allergy: Victoria
Cambria Fri (3/10): Burritos / clean up crew for Fri 4/7 at SCI
Mallory, Hunter, Wyatt, Kayla, Jaret
Cambria Sat (3/11): Zuni stew, cornbread / clean up crew for Sat 4/8 at SCI
Brianna, Lylah, Diana, Sam, Bob
SCI Fri (4/7): pasta/ clean up crew for Fri 3/10 at Cambria
Miles, Victoria, Maggie, Gaby
SCI Sat(4/8): veggie stew with rice / clean up crew for Sat 3/11 at Cambria
Zev, Rachel, Gianna, Nick, Dylan, Kelsey
Final Project Groups
Michelle as advisor to:
1. Hunter, Brianna, Rachel – Eutrophication
2. Victoria, Wyatt, Gianna, Kayla, Sam – sea otter toxoplasma impact
Adam as advisor to:
1. Mallory, Dylan, Kelsey, Gaby – skipper moths
2. Bob, Diana, Zev, Jaret – bird diversity/restoration
3. Nick, Maggie, Lylah – pesticide impact on frogs (endocrine disruptors)