Tower Island
We have had yet another amazing day in Galapagos, a real paradise for those taking part in out photo-expedition as well as for everyone else. We started early in the morning by landing at the white coraline beach in Darwin Bay, which is actually the main caldera of an old volcano, which breached the surface millions of years ago to form the island. This beautiful island is known as Hitchcock’s island, as it is home to huge colonies of seabirds. Genovesa is one of the outer, northernmost islands, and as a consequence the majority of the species nesting here are offshore feeders, such as great frigates, red-footed boobies and swallow-tailed gulls.
The Galapagos Archipelago is the main port-of-call for two of the world’s five species of frigatebirds: the great and the magnificent frigates. The others have a pantropical distribution and are found in most of the world’s tropical regions. It was really spectacular today to see the male frigates advertising themselves whenever they saw a female flying over.
We have had yet another amazing day in Galapagos, a real paradise for those taking part in out photo-expedition as well as for everyone else. We started early in the morning by landing at the white coraline beach in Darwin Bay, which is actually the main caldera of an old volcano, which breached the surface millions of years ago to form the island. This beautiful island is known as Hitchcock’s island, as it is home to huge colonies of seabirds. Genovesa is one of the outer, northernmost islands, and as a consequence the majority of the species nesting here are offshore feeders, such as great frigates, red-footed boobies and swallow-tailed gulls.
The Galapagos Archipelago is the main port-of-call for two of the world’s five species of frigatebirds: the great and the magnificent frigates. The others have a pantropical distribution and are found in most of the world’s tropical regions. It was really spectacular today to see the male frigates advertising themselves whenever they saw a female flying over.
