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Camp Report: March 24, 2017

March 25, 2017June 5, 2025 Johnny Friday

Push button control in a re-cyclical world Date:  March 24, 2017 By Maria-Teresa Solomons When guests arrive here one of the first things we will explain to them as their orientation guide here is to be aware of that big osprey nest over the ‘restrooms’. It’s just one of many mindful attitudes we encourage here READ MORE ...

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Camp Report: March 21

March 21, 2017June 5, 2025 Johnny Friday

Signs of life by Lorna Hill Camp Report: San Ignacio Lagoon 21st March 2017 I wrote a blog post at the beginning of the season about the Osprey and her nest, with 3 eggs inside. Well, I’m very happy to announce that those eggs have now all hatched successfully and Mama and Papa Osprey and READ MORE ...

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High winds, all play

March 5, 2017June 5, 2025 Johnny Friday

by Lorna Hill March 2017 Strong winds will always change schedules, but it will never stop play.  First, it was the rainy storm – people were getting stuck in their cars on the windy path up to the camp but were greeted with big cups of coffee (and a beer!) and warm smiles. The people of READ MORE ...

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Camp Report: Joel Connelly

March 4, 2017June 5, 2025 Johnny Friday

Writer Joel Connelly of the SeattlePI online paper’s Baja Whale Article Baja: 5 days with gray whales, 5 days without Donald Trump BY JOEL CONNELLY, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF Published 11:09 am, Thursday, March 2, 2017 Online Article:  CLICK HERE BAJA, MEXICO — Wild, undisturbed and protected Laguna San Ignacio, in Baja California about 700 miles south READ MORE ...

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Riders on the storm

March 3, 2017June 5, 2025 Johnny Friday

Guide Report:  Campo Cortez, San Ignacio Lagoon, BCS, Mexico Rodrigo ManterolaMarch 2017 Storms are agents of change… they come and revolve everything they touch. Destruction and creation meet in stormy weather allowing the new to replace the old, where justice has very little to do. San Ignacio lagoon is located in a desert, El Vizcaino READ MORE ...

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Guide Report: San Ignacio Lagoon

February 22, 2017June 5, 2025 Johnny Friday

Guide Camp Report  Jan-Feb: Families & Friends – The Heart of the Matter! Noly Lira Naturalist/Guide February 22, 2017   We are in full swing with our Gray Whale season here at San Ignacio Lagoon, and as whales and people once again converge on this special body of water, it seems to bring out the READ MORE ...

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San Ignacio Lagoon: Camp Report

February 19, 2017June 5, 2025 Johnny Friday

Campo Cortez:  Everything gets wet February 18, 2017 By Maria-Teresa Solomons Guide Report from Campo Cortez at San Ignacio Lagoon, BCS, Mexico It’s been a windy deluge of a week at Laguna San Ignacio, but then the world at large has been having similar upheavals and environment reflects some of the things we choose to READ MORE ...

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Guide Report: San Ignacio Lagoon

February 18, 2017June 5, 2025 Johnny Friday

Happy Days Report from Campo Cortez at San Ignacio LagoonGray Whale Blog & update  February 17, 2017 By Lorna Kate Hill Things are really spicing up here at San Ignacio Lagoon. We now have over 200 whales in the lagoon and Campo Cortez is full! We have the Gray Whale Reseerch group visiting from Oregon READ MORE ...

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Spring times: Guide Report

February 8, 2017June 5, 2025 Johnny Friday

I always love this time of year… It’s a feeling of new, a feeling of rebirth, although it comes from a pattern of something that has happened before. The whales are very active now, we can see their sense of spirit, perhaps we can call it excitement – it’s a big time for them. The READ MORE ...

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The Great Return

February 4, 2017June 5, 2025 Johnny Friday

4th February 2017 by Lorna Hill The Great Return Like the gray whales have made their migration back to San Ignacio Lagoon, we too have returned again for another season to work as guides at Campo Cortez. This year brings more of a sense of familiarity; we really got to know life at the Lagoon READ MORE ...

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