My trip to Santa Cruz Island (DU DEATH!!!)

last field trip of the semester:(

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california sea lion poking its head out
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there it is....
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humpback whales!!!

mother and calf
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this shot would've been national geographic style had the boat not rocked the second i snapped this pic
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and even the baby gave us a show
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and they said goodbye by "flipping" us off
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some side-blotched lizards
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a lot of the ground looked like this
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sticky monkey
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:D Very nice photos!!!

still water with tadpoles and watre striders
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bombadeer beetle
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who knows what this was.....
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some mineral deposits
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diatomes - prehistoric plankton
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wooly bear catterpillar, turns into a tiger moth
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and when i came back......

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That bone looks like a piece of a hip bone of something...

Ewwww do I see an earwig?? :P Nice pics! I absolutely love Humpbacks :D

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Originally Posted by Snakeman

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I LOVE GREBES!!!

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

That bone looks like a piece of a hip bone of something...

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i think it's from the pigs that used to be there before they were taken off the island

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

That bone looks like a piece of a hip bone of something...

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My first thought was some sort of whale spine bone:weirdface