Pictures from our fourth day on the Galápagos islands.
Looking at the sea
Chilling
Mother and child
Hey! What's this?
Something strange is happening.
Aetobatus narinari
The spotted eagle rays are mating close to the shore, away from the sharks.
Beautiful blue
Alex
It is super hot.
Walking along the beach
Even the little things
Look these little pieces of algae
We are alone at the beach
Just look at the footprints of our group
I love shell-based sand
The shells are ground to sand by the waves.
Moving on
Frigate birds are following the boat.
The sun deck
We loved to stay on the sun deck and read.
Alex & Claudia
We saw six of them in the murky water
These are hammerhead sharks by Danielle K
Amblyrhynchus cristatus venustissimus
The subspecies of the marine iguana found on Española Island and the adjacent Gardener Island.
Colourful marine iguanas
These marine iguanas here are not just black like the previous ones.
Microlophus delanonis
Female Española lava lizard or Hood lava lizard, super red.
Male Española lava lizard
Not a red head.
Mimus parvulus
The mocking birds are not afraid of humans.
Yawning baby sea lions
The one on the left has closed it's nictitating membrane, a third, transparent eyelid.
Sea lion mothers and babies
Resting, breast feeding, and watching the tourists.
Buteo galapagoensis
The Galapagos hawk
Mocking bird, again
Brown pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis urinator
Brown pelican subspecies of the Galapagos Islands.
Haematopus
Oystercatcher
Lava lizard, male
Lava lizard, female
Blue footed human
Beautiful flowers
Well adapted to the harsh sun.
This is the rainy season
Around March and April is the wet season and so there's fresh green to be found.
Black and green is a lovely combo
Lichen
Lichen are composite organisms consisting of algae or cyanobacteria and funghi.
Bird, landing
There's a drop of 10m or so
Dozens of marine iguanas on the black rocks below.
There's a blow hole down there somewhere
The waves push water into a funnel that ends up blasting the water into the air
Nazca boobies everywhere
Sula granti
These days, the nazca booby is recognised as distinct from the masked booby.
Look at all the poop
This is nazca booby land
Nazca booby caring for a juvenile
Nazca booby looking at a dead iguana
Marine iguanas chillaxing
Notice the black-cyan-red colour combo.
I love these colours
Nazca boobies everywhere
Notice the chicks, 100% fluffy, black beak
Nazca boobies nesting
The landscape is dry
As always, the visitors are following a strict trail
So many birds
So much poop.
Galapagos hawk
It doesn't like tourists.
I'm out of here!
Galapagos hawk totally not appreciating tourists.
More nazca boobies
And some plants that can handle the heat
Swallow-tailed gull
Remember, these big black eyes are made for night-time hunting.
And another lava lizard!
By now you already know their gender and I don't have to tell you!
Our boat
Marine iguana, super tired
Two hermit crabs meet
Each with the shell they inhabit.
