Galápagos Index
"It is not the strongest species which survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change"
Charles Darwin, HMS Beagle, 1835
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Galápagos Index |
"It is not the strongest species which survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change"
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Daily Diary/Trip Report 2004Daily Diary/Trip Report 2005 |
Bird List and other species seen 2004Bird List and other species seen 2005 |
The IslandsIsla BartoloméSummit Trail- Tuff cones, Heartbreaker Hill and Pinnacle Rock EspañolaGardner Bay- beach, sea lions, Hood Mockingbird, Large Cactus Finch, (conirostris subspecies), Española Lava Lizard. Punta Suarez- Nazca Booby, Waved Albatross, Marine Iguana (venutissimus subspecies) FernandinaPunta Espinoza- Marine Iguana (cristatus subspecies), Galápagos Sealions. FloreanaPunta Cormorant- Greater Flamingoes, Floreana Lava Lizard, Greater Painted Locust, Post Office Bay. Black Beach- Black Beach, Puerto Velasco Ibarra, The Wittmer Place, Medium Tree Finch. GenovesaGeneral- Opuntia helleri, Manta Ray (dead) Genovesa birds- Red-footed Booby, Nazca Booby, Great Frigatebird, Galápagos Mockingbird (bauri subspecies), Swallow-tailed Gull, Short-eared Owl (galapagoensis subspecies) Great Frigatebirds- adult females, small downy chick, wing gloss close-up Murder- Obligate sibling murder (siblicide) in Nazca Booby chicks Theft- Red-tailed Booby stealing stick from nest of Great Frigatebird Short-eared Owl- photo of galapagoensis race looking at sky (watching petrels?) Swallow-tailed Gull- immature bird and apparently abandoned egg. IsabelaPunta Moreno- brackish lagoon, lava cactus, pahoehoe lava Urbina Bay- 'wet landing', coral, Flightless cormorant, Cricket, Land Iguana hole, Ground Finch pair, Galápagos Cotton, Hairy Morning Glory Santa CruzCharles Darwin Research Centre- Giant Tortoise breeding centre, Galápagos Flycatcher (parvulus subspecies), skeleton, Marine Iguana portrait, Lava Gull, Municipal Dock, Puerto Ayora harbour. Highlands- Los Gemellos, Giant Tortoise (porteri subspecies) Santa FéBarrington Bay- Beach with sea-lions, injured young sea-lion, Galapagos Mockingbird, Santa Fé Land Iguana, Dick & Monica. Giant Prickly Pear- growth and adaptive radiation. SantiagoPuerto Egas- Galápagos Fur Seal, Galapagos Sea Lion, Sallylightfoot Crab eating fish, juvenile & adult Yellow-crowned Night Herons, Galápagos Lava Lizard. San CristobalGeneral- Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Chatham Mockingbird, Yellow Warbler, Medium Ground Finch, Galápagos Sea Lions. Seymour NorteNorth Seymour- Blue-footed Boobies, Magnificent Frigatebirds, Land Iguana, Lava Lizard. BirdsBirds 1- Brown Pelican, Blue-footed Booby, Flightless Cormorant Birds 2- Smooth-billed Ani, Hood Mockingbird, Magnificent Frigatebird Birds 3- Galápagos Penguin, Lava Heron, Medium Ground Finch, Warbler Finch Birds 4- Swallow-tailed Gull, Galápagos Flycatcher, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron. Birds of Genovesa- Red-footed Booby, Nazca Booby, Great Frigatebird, Galápagos Mockingbird (bauri subspecies), Swallow-tailed Gull, Short-eared Owl (Galápagos subspecies) Birds seen en route- Magnificent Frigatebird in flight, and a Feeding Frenzy of Blue-footed Boobies Other wildlifeLand Iguanas- both the Galápagos Land Iguana and the Santa Fé Land Iguana Marine Iguanas- Very young ones with adults, swimming, eating algae Miscellaneous- White-tipped Shark, Sallylightfoot Crab, Galápagos Cotton seedhead. Galápagos Sea Lionin water and on the beach at Gardner Bay, Española, and a photo of one swimming with me while I was snorkelling! Dolphins seen en route- Bottle-nosed and Common Dolphins My tripmatesFarewell dinner '05- Photos of my shipmates on, and the crew of, the Cachalote. Life on Board 2004- Photos of people on the Beluga trip, often sleeping! The Farewell Dinner 2004- The goodbye dinner, with cake and crew! also showing the layout of the main deck 'below'. The meal at La Ronda 2004- The Travelling Naturalist dinner at La Ronda, a restaurant in Quito. |
Text and images © Liz Leyden, 2008 |
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