Jayden+Santa+Cruz

__ Santa Cruz Channel Island Report __ Santa Cruz is a beautiful island in the northern group of Channel Islands National Park and home to many animals on each of the 22 miles of Santa Cruz. If you think the distance is crazy, then you should learn about Devil's Peak, the highest mountain there reaching over 2450 feet tall! That would make it easy to spot! Oh, yeah, and if you look at it from a beach in Ventura, it's the one on the right. The island on the left is Anacapa. The Santa Cruz's Island Foxes (Urocyon littoralis) are a sight to see, but if you want to spot them, you have to think you're looking for an average-sized house cat. They were said to have come to the channel islands from 10,400 and 16,000 years ago and was on this island 800-3,800 years. The Island Fox eats fruits, insects, birds, eggs, crabs, lizards, and small mammals and deer mice. Yum to the eggs and fruits. Santa Cruz Island is just off the coast of Ventura . I don't know the coordinates, but I know it's about 30-20 miles away. Also, on any beach in Ventura, it's the one on the right (Left is Anacapa). Santa Cruz is home to many plants, like the Island Paintbrush, (Castilleja lanata s. hololeuca)  from the figwort family. I have a feeling the Island Paintrush will be reclassified. It only lives on the islands of Santa Cruz, San Miguel, Santa Rosa and Anacapa islands. The Island Paintbrush has a wonderful red bloom that many would love to have. I know I would.