TY - BOOK AU - Farnsworth,John Seibert TI - Coves of departure: field notes from the Sea of Cortez SN - 9781501730184 PY - 2018/// CY - Ithaca PB - Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press KW - Farnsworth, John Seibert KW - Natural history KW - Mexico KW - Baja California (Peninsula) KW - California, Gulf of KW - Baja California (Mexico : Peninsula) KW - Description and travel KW - California, Gulf of (Mexico) N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Headwinds -- Vernal equinox -- Night life -- Transect in the Sierra de la Laguna -- To the island -- First interlude : August in Bahia de los Angeles -- Same beach, different expedition -- Sea sparkle -- Red sky at morning -- Second interlude : June in the Sierra San Pedro Mártir -- Essay : the cove of departure -- Death & poetry in the sand dunes -- Tailwind N2 - "The author documents ten years of explorations of the Baja peninsula and the Sea of Cortez as a professor taking undergraduates on sea kayak expeditions to the Isla Espiritu Santo archipelago. He also tells of his experiences with a condor restoration project in the Sierra San Pedro Martir based in a field station on Bahia de los Angeles"-- ER -