Española Island
So the day has come. Everybody has been expecting to see the waved albatrosses through the whole week. We have been so content with the sea birds we encountered, for we did understand a big deal of their natural history. How they fish, how they reproduce, their flying techniques, and lots more.
The albatrosses became the ultimate sighting as we were all excited to check how the population is doing here on the Galápagos. There are so many rumors about these gigantic feathered nobles… that there is no successful reproduction, that they are not in good health, that they are easily caught in the fishing long lines; so many terrifying things.
Well, we certified as we walked the place called Punta Suarez today, that at least our albatrosses in the Galápagos are doing very well. It is true that this season would perhaps not be the best (due to too much ground vegetation) for them to reproduce. Also, it is true that albatrosses are easy by-catches of the fishing industry, however we are confident our efforts to protect them are going in the right direction. We know for a fact that all those who have been here on the islands and still those who will come to visit in the near future, are becoming and will become the “un-official speakers” of the islands, helping us in this crusade to protect the Galápagos. We are confident yet not unaware of the potential danger.
So, after this marvelous week, all of us are convinced we need to do something. Maybe a little, maybe a lot. We need to tell others and we need to protect, not just the Galápagos, but our entire spacecraft – the blue planet, Earth.
