Jayden



__ Anacapa Island Animals __ Anacapa Island has many endemic and native animals. One of the several animals is the Xantus’s Murrelet, an endangered bird. Its scientific name is (Synthliboramphus hypoleucus). An amazing thing about it is that the baby leaves the nest when it’s two days old. I bet that’ll give the mother some worries! On the bright side, they are known to be good fliers, so it will help the mother relax. They have a diet of tuna, sardines, anchovies and more. For it to get the food, they DIVE underwater and use their powerful wing beats to get to its prey. I hope Murrelets will soon come of the endangered species list. Even though there are awesome animals, there are also cool plants, I.E, Island Paintbrush Anacapa 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. Despite the fact that Anacapa has beautiful life on it, there are more beautiful things than just plants and animals, like the island itself. Anacapa is a beautiful island, or should I say, Anacapa's 3 islets are beautiful. It reminds me of an indian spear.The only difference is that spears don't have sheer cliffs, fissures, caves, and plateaus. One of Anacapa's greatest attractions is Arch Rock, weathered Miocene rock. It is an Igneous rock, so when there was volcanic activity, there was lava, it cooled and after LOTS of weathering and erosion, Arch Rock actually became an arch. While Anacapa has its beauty, there's more to it, like its location. Anacapa Island is a beautiful island, or islands, (three to be specific) with an amazing igneous rock arch. Igneous rock is cooled lava. You will find its location at 34 degrees latitude, -119.4 degrees longitude. It’s closest to Ventura, California, 14m away. If you were to look at it from any Ventura beach, you'd see two islands: Anacapa and Santa Cruz island. To identify them, Anacapa is the one on the left. To be exact, you'd find Santa Cruz 5m away from Anacapa. Its other neighbor, Santa Barbara Island, is northwest from Anacapa. -Jayden V.