Friday, July 25, 2008

Rabida Island

We sailed back northward toward the equator and came to Rabida Island. I have now seen thousands of blue footed boobies and thousands of magnificent frigate birds, but I still get excited with each new sighting. I just have a hard time believing that I am really here and really seeing all of this. Marine iguanas are sunning on every rock and we just walk around the sea lions on the beach. What an amazing place this is!

We found a nesting area of pelicans today. Newly hatched birds were is every nest. We watched as the mom regurgitated into her bill and the baby then ate out of her bill. Look closely at the first picture and you can see the tiny baby eating. It was an awesome thing to see.





We went to Bashra Beach on Santa Cruz Island in the afternoon and found a lagoon full of flamingos. I just sat down and watched these graceful birds. They are truly beautiful.





Dennis was quite excited about seeing this Galapagos mockingbird. It was another rare find for his life time list.



Each day here is full of wonder.

2 comments:

Middle Child said...

Those flamingoes are amazing - they really are pink...my daughter asked for two cement flamingoes for her yard last Christmas but they were too heavy to take back home by plane - so still here...yours are better looking.

Barb said...

Your pictures are just beautiful. I love the flamingo's. They look so graceful. What an amazing trip you went on. Looking forward to seeing more.