The Galapagos Islands
July, 2007
The gang from the Naturalist Club
Standing Above Darwin Lake on Isabela
Check out our boat
The Coral 2
A Penguin on the Equator
What an Amazing Sight
Even more so when they would
swim by as you snorkled
Our Welcoming Committee
We swam with them more than once.
They love to show you how much better they are in the water than we are. They also know the rules -
They can touch you, but you can't touch them.
The spectacular feet dull as the bird ages -
Is that a clue to the females?
They dive headfirst into the ocean with a dramatic pop
Land Iguanas rest and burrow right along the trails
The world's only amphibious iguana
They warm up on the rocks and then
Dive up to 50 feet to eat algae
Lonesome George - the only remaining tortoise from Pinta
He's only 70, so there is plenty of hope he will breed
The lava heron one of more than 20 new species of birds
for our group to see in this wonderful place.
The flightless cormorant -
A great swimmer, but couldn't take flight
if its life depended on it. Fortunately,
It dosen't
The frigate bird would soar along with our ship