Dendroica petechia aureola

Today was our first day in the Galapagos Islands. We flew from Guayaquil to San Cristobal Island, boarded our ship (the M/V Letty, operated by Ecoventura), for a week-long photo workshop run by Andy Biggs (AndyBiggs.com). Our first stop was Playa Ochoa, about an hour out of San Cristobal harbor.

I suppose it is fitting that the first bird I got a picture of would be a Yellow Warbler, very common in all the Galapagos Islands. The variety is slightly different than what we see in New Mexico -- mostly noticed because the Galapagos males have an orange streak on the top of their head. This female was catching insects that were swarming around a dead sea lion, and like most of the Galapagos wildlife, was not at all concerned about me being about 6 feet away.