Evan+M+Santa+Cruz



__ Santa Cruz __

Santa Cruz is 5 miles away from Anacapa Island. When you look out at the ocean on a nice and sunny day you may see two islands, the one **to the right** is Santa Cruz. Another dead giveaway is it is much larger than the one to the right. On a map Santa Cruz would be located **36 degrees north and 122 degrees west**. The island, located off the coast of California it is almost exactly 22 miles away from Ventura pier and is 6 miles wide. Santa Cruz is the **largest island** out of the other 7 island that make up the Channel Islands. Did you know that on the north of Santa Cruz is all volcanic rock and the south is all old sedimentary rock? From a satellite picture of Santa Cruz is looks like an aquatic dinosaur a long time ago. It also looks like it has a big slice in its back and a cut off tail. It has a lot of wrinkles too. Actually the big slice in the dinosaurs back is a central valley splits the island along the Santa Cruz Island. To me one of the coolest animals on Santa Cruz is a terrestrial animal which is the Island Fox. The **island fox** is a small fox that can be found on six of the eight islands that make up the Channel Islands. Did you know that the island fox is smaller than a gray fox and also a house cat? The male island fox is **always** bigger than the female. They also have grayish hair on their foreheads. I also have interest in the native **scrub Jay**. They are all endemic to Santa Cruz. For as sweet and pretty they look they eat: insects, spiders, snakes, lizards, mice and other birds' eggs and nestlings. The Island Scrub Jays are similar to the blue jay. **Buckwheat** is a light pink color until they open, then they turn white. They cluster in tight little balls on long stalks and turn a chocolate brown in the fall. Native buckwheat was first discovered by Southeast Asia. But a century ago, Russia was the number one production company for buckwheat.

That is a great four paragraphs! I hope you write more! To continue the conversation send me a message on my anacapa. -Colton

I didn't read number 4 clearly because Buckwheat is a light pink color until they open, then they turn white. is not a topic sentence! Please try and fix that! -Colton