Genovesa Island
One thing I really enjoy about returning time and time again to the same visitor sites, is that often we can look at a fluffy booby or frigate chick and say quite honestly, “I remember you when you were an egg”! The tiny red-footed booby in this picture hatched sometime around October 24th. We spotted him when he was still in his egg, and we look forward to following his development over the next couple of months.
Guests traveling with us through these Enchanted Islands have often remarked: “I don’t see how you naturalists can maintain your level of enthusiasm and interest when you visit the same sites on the same islands week after week”. But we don’t find this remarkable. The islands are ever changing. No matter how many times we have tread the trails we are bound to discover something new or slightly different each time we pass. It doesn’t matter how much we have seen; almost every single week there is at least one experience that thoroughly excites even those of us who have been guides for years.
This week there have been countless marvelous and really incomparable moments. All of our guests have their own extraordinary memories; memories that will brighten their lives from now on. Snorkeling with bubble blowing sea lions, or with tiny penguins that shot past like a missile. Or sitting on a fabulously fine, white sand beach that was ruled by huge sea lion masters and having a tete a tete with a curious pup. Watching exuberant bow-riding dolphins or a pair of amorous blue-footed boobies courting. How could anyone ever tire of the splendor and diversity of these expeditions in Galapagos?
One thing I really enjoy about returning time and time again to the same visitor sites, is that often we can look at a fluffy booby or frigate chick and say quite honestly, “I remember you when you were an egg”! The tiny red-footed booby in this picture hatched sometime around October 24th. We spotted him when he was still in his egg, and we look forward to following his development over the next couple of months.
Guests traveling with us through these Enchanted Islands have often remarked: “I don’t see how you naturalists can maintain your level of enthusiasm and interest when you visit the same sites on the same islands week after week”. But we don’t find this remarkable. The islands are ever changing. No matter how many times we have tread the trails we are bound to discover something new or slightly different each time we pass. It doesn’t matter how much we have seen; almost every single week there is at least one experience that thoroughly excites even those of us who have been guides for years.
This week there have been countless marvelous and really incomparable moments. All of our guests have their own extraordinary memories; memories that will brighten their lives from now on. Snorkeling with bubble blowing sea lions, or with tiny penguins that shot past like a missile. Or sitting on a fabulously fine, white sand beach that was ruled by huge sea lion masters and having a tete a tete with a curious pup. Watching exuberant bow-riding dolphins or a pair of amorous blue-footed boobies courting. How could anyone ever tire of the splendor and diversity of these expeditions in Galapagos?
