Genovesa Island
Once again we did it! We were able to end up the day in a superb way. There are very few places in the world where your overall experience can be rated so high, and we are glad to say that Galapagos is one of those places.
Today we visited the island of Genovesa. This tiny island in the northern part of the archipelago holds one of the largest concentrations of sea birds in the Galapagos. With a population of birds estimated over a million, this island seems to be inhabited entirely by boobies, frigate birds and gulls. One of the highlights of the day was to watch the impressive and acrobatic maneuvers of the red-footed boobies in the air. The techniques that these birds had been able to develop throughout time are simply impressive. The reason why: frigate birds! It is very well known that frigate birds obtain great part of their food supply from any sea bird with a good load of fish in their crop. In the Galapagos, boobies seem to be the easiest targets. During a great part of the day, our attention was directed to the red-footed boobies trying to escape the “kleptoparasitism” of the frigate birds. On the other hand, frigate birds were also showing us the reason why they got the reputation of being called the “masters of the sky”. When it comes to flying techniques, these birds know it all!
Once again we did it! We were able to end up the day in a superb way. There are very few places in the world where your overall experience can be rated so high, and we are glad to say that Galapagos is one of those places.
Today we visited the island of Genovesa. This tiny island in the northern part of the archipelago holds one of the largest concentrations of sea birds in the Galapagos. With a population of birds estimated over a million, this island seems to be inhabited entirely by boobies, frigate birds and gulls. One of the highlights of the day was to watch the impressive and acrobatic maneuvers of the red-footed boobies in the air. The techniques that these birds had been able to develop throughout time are simply impressive. The reason why: frigate birds! It is very well known that frigate birds obtain great part of their food supply from any sea bird with a good load of fish in their crop. In the Galapagos, boobies seem to be the easiest targets. During a great part of the day, our attention was directed to the red-footed boobies trying to escape the “kleptoparasitism” of the frigate birds. On the other hand, frigate birds were also showing us the reason why they got the reputation of being called the “masters of the sky”. When it comes to flying techniques, these birds know it all!
