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Genovesa Island, Day 7

Galapagos

In the afternoon, we headed ashore to Darwin Bay.  

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A pair of Swallow tailed gulls.

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Galapagos

A Swallow tailed gull nesting.

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Galapagos

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We saw more male great frigate birds trying to get attention of females by making loud calls and flapping their wings.  

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Here is a male great frigate bird  blowing up a huge red balloon-like pouch from his chest.

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Several red-footed boobies were spotted.

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This bird is a yellow-crowned night heron.

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Galapagos

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This is a  female juvenile  magnificent frigatebird.  Immature birds have a white head and underparts.  

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As we were walking through the water we saw some stingrays.  Stingrays are common residents of shallow beach areas and deeper sandy bottoms throughout the Galapagos.  Animals from this group have a brain weight relative to body size that comes close to that of mammals and is about ten times that of bony fish so they are quite intelligent.  

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Boarding the zodiacs to head back to the ship.  This is what is called a wet landing, as you need to walk in the water to board the zodiac.

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Crossing the equator.  Some of us went up to the bridge on the last night  to watch us cross the equator.

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The last morning I was up to watch the sunrise.  We were all sorry to end this wonderful adventure in the Galapagos.  I would highly recommend Lindblad Expeditions.