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| snorkelady | profile | all galleries >> Travel >> Galapagos Islands 2009 >> Day 5: North Seymour , Baltra Is. & Turtle Cove | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
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 Early morning, 0700h, casting long shadows |
 Sea lion there to greet us |
 Some still too sleepy. Sally Lighfoot crab on shore in early morning |
 Still to early to wake up |
 Swallow-tailed Gulls back from a night of fishing |
 Yellow-crowned night heron |
 Magnificent Frigatebird with an inflated pouch |
 Males are displaying to attract a female |
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 Juvenile Magnificent Frigatebird |
 Juvenile Magnificent Frigatebird - stay with parents for a year |
 Sanderling |
 Nests as far as the eye can see |
 Snoozin |
 What a colorful morning! |
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 Nesting area shared with Blue-footed Boobies |
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 Nest are very close to the marked path |
 Displaying |
 Amazing behaviour to watch! |
 So nonchalant |
 The darker feet belong to the male |
 The dance begins |
 So very dramatic! |
 A Magnificent Frigatebird on her nest |
 An older juvenile Magnificent Frigatebird |
 See how big they are. |
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 See the "M" on her breast .... "Magnificent" Frigatebird |
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 Land Iguana |
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 Shipmates! |
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 Heading for the airport |
 The staff work well together |
 Touring the mangroves looking for sea turtles, sharks etc |
 Mating Sea Turtles |
 The male Sea Turtle is on the female ... her flipper comes up to help her stay afloat |
 A struggle to stay afloat! |
 The airport on Baltra Island |