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| snorkelady | profile | all galleries >> Travel >> Galapagos Islands 2009 >> Day 4: The Plaza's & Santa Fe Islands | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 Day 4 *BLOG* click on photo and read below photo |
 The Day's Agenda |
 Enroute to South Plaza Island |
 Park Monument - Marine Iguana is for 'real'. |
 Swallow-tailed Gull, recuperating from the 'night-shift' |
 Sea lion & gull snoozin |
 Juvie taps bill (white spot) when hungry .... |
 Land iguana shedding its skin |
 Not so big |
 On the lookout for food (herbivore) |
 Marine iguana, not just a 'pretty' face! This one was not snorting salt crystals |
 Juvie cried incessently |
 Another pretty face |
 Wet season .... colors were beautiful |
 One of Darwin's finches |
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 Notice how tall the trunks of the Pear Cactus are .... adaptation over the years |
 The Queen Beatriz |
 Shade from the hot equatorial sun |
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 The cliffs ........ shearwaters & tropical red bills locating their homes |
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 GAP's Queen Beatriz 16 person catamaran |
 Soon these colors will disappear and the land will look burnt |
 What is he up to??? |
 A herbivore stalking a storm petrel |
 A look of satisfaction after a tasty meal |
 Sea lions polished this stone |
 Fatty deposits over the years |
 Pear cactus flower |
 Magnificent Frigatebird |
 She hitched a ride enroute to Santa Fe |
 Posing |
 This way and |
 that way ...... |
 The others sat on the roof |
 I wonder how much GAP charges for the transfer? |
 Handsome male Magnificent Frigatebird |
 Posing |
 Catching up to the boat |
 Magnificent female frigatebird |
 Suspended in the air |
 Noon at the equator |
 Droping anchor at this stunning cove |
 Sea turtles, it's mating season |
 Lets play |
 Magnificent even if they do stink! |
 What does this remind you of?? |
 A Galapagos Hawk, 5 feet from us |
 Poses for photos |
 Sally Lightfoots all over these lava rocks |
 Constant smile |
 What's up? |
 Relaxing in the shade |
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 The diningroom - buffet breakfasts |
 Water, tea, coffee etc |
 Fill your water bottles - no charge |
 We had a fabulous group, we laughed so hard, we cried |