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Feb. 19, 2008
Halfway Point Reached!
Gray Whale Season Nearing End
at Birch Aquarium at Scripps
Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UC San Diego
Now through March 31, 2008
San Diegans have only a few weeks left to witness the annual gray whale migration past San Diego’s coastline. The whales are beginning to head home to their Bering Sea feeding grounds after vacationing for a few weeks in Baja California lagoons, where they breed and give birth.
Celebrate the final stretch of the journey with Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. Enjoy daily local whale watching cruises featuring Scripps naturalists, whale watching expeditions to Baja and a new traveling exhibit on whale sounds!
Be part of the longest mammal migration in the world, when approximately 20,000 gray whales pass San Diego on their annual, 10,000-mile round-trip journey. Come join the adventure!
New Traveling Exhibit! Whales:Voices in the Sea
Now through March 31 at Birch Aquarium at Scripps
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Unlock the majestic sounds of the ocean with Whales: Voices in the Sea, a traveling exhibit on loan from Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach during gray whale season. This interactive kiosk, developed by Scripps whale researchers, allows guests to explore how whales use complex sounds to communicate in and
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navigate around their world. Visitors can listen to the calls of seven types of whales, record their own whale calls, view videos about their life in the ocean and learn about conservation issues. The exhibit also may be viewed online at http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/WHALES/
Daily Whale Watching Cruises
Now through March 31
Daily Tours: 9:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m. or 1:30-5 p.m.
Experience the gray whale migration with Birch Aquarium at Scripps and San Diego Harbor Excursion. We team up to offer three-and-a-half hour, naturalist-guided whale watching cruises every day through March 31. Enjoy stellar ocean and harbor views while Scripps naturalists search the seas west of San Diego Bay for gray whales. Naturalists share gray whale artifacts, specimens and an information sheet about gray whale biology.
Adults (13 and up)
Monday-Friday, $30
Weekends, $35
Children (4-12 with paid adult)
Daily, $15
Reservations recommended! Call San Diego Harbor Excursion at 619-234-4111.
Whale Watching in Baja
Through Andiamo Tour Mexico
Reservations & Information for all Baja tours: 800-661-1325 or
www.andiamo-travel.com.
Whale Watching Adventure (4 days):
March 13-16
Journey to the heart of gray whale birthing grounds with Scripps naturalists for a more intimate, four-day adventure with these majestic animals. Travel along the scenic desert coast of Baja California toward the famed Scammons Lagoon Sanctuary. Trip includes hotel accommodations as well as visits to pristine salt marshes, the Vizcaino Desert and cave paintings.
$520 per person, double occupancy
$650 per person, single occupancy
Whale Watching Safari (5 days):
March 5-9 or March 19-23
Enjoy double the fun and encounter gray whales and their calves in two separate lagoons: San Ignacio Lagoon and the famed Scammons Lagoon Sanctuary. Journey with Scripps naturalists on this five-day excursion along the scenic desert coast of Baja, with visits to Ensenada, San Quintin, San Ignacio and Guerrero Negro. Trip includes hotel accommodations as well as visits to pristine salt marshes and cave paintings.
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$725 per person, double occupancy
$905 per person, single occupancy
For more information about whale programs and events at Birch Aquarium at Scripps, please call 858-534-7336 or visit the Whale Watching page at http://aquarium.ucsd.edu.
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Visit Birch Aquarium at Scripps
Location: 2300 Expedition Way, La Jolla, Calif.
Phone: 858-534-FISH
Website: http://aquarium.ucsd.edu
Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily
Admission: $11 Adult, 18+
$9 Senior, 60+
$7.50 Youth, 3-17
Free Children, 2 and under
Free Scripps Oceanographic Society Members
Directions: From Interstate 5, exit at La Jolla Village Drive.
West one mile. Left on Expedition Way.
Parking: Birch Aquarium offers three-hour courtesy parking.
San Diego Theatre scene
POWAY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS
Encore Performance!
San Diego Symphony
ONE NIGHT ONLY! FEBRUARY 23 AT 8PM
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Made possible by Bill and Carol Stensrud, Harold and Penny Dokmo and San Diego National Bank.
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Adults: $39
Youth (18 and under): Just $5 (with purchase of an adult ticket). Be sure to click "Youth tickets" from the Discount column in the check out screen.
An encore performance! The internationally acclaimed San Diego Symphony Orchestra returns to Poway to present a highly entertaining and enlightening pops program that puts a premium on audience accessibility and family fun. In 2006 a truncated version of the Symphony, lead by the charismatic conductor Matthew Garbutt, played to an appreciative Poway audience. In fact, audiences were so taken by Garbutt they dubbed him the ‘Fred Astaire of the podium' – and demanded a repeat performance!
Now the San Diego Symphony Orchestra returns at full strength with a unique program designed especially for the "City in the Country" -- a celebration of our equestrian heritage and wild west roots!
PROGRAM: A Salute to the Wild West!
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Missoula Children's Theater: Robinson Crusoe
Youth Auditions:
Monday, March 3 at 4pm
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