Bartholome and Santiago
It is hard to believe that this week has ended so fast. We have discovered so many surprises.
This morning we visited the northern side of Bartholome, where we found some white-tipped reef sharks in the shallow water. They were so close that their tails almost touched us. We also discovered turtle tracks on the beach. This is not the breeding season, but some of them are apparently coming to the sand dune to dig. We do not know yet if they have laid eggs already, or if they were just checking the place out..
Something funny happened to us last week on this very same island. One of our Naturalists had to run away from an adult hawk, because it tried to steal some of her hair. Apparently the bird thought the strange-looking thing hanging out of our naturalist’s hat seemed like it would be a good nesting material. That might have been the parent of this juvenile hawk in the picture.
This week our fellow naturalist, this juvenile and perhaps the same parent hawk have all come back to the shore. While we were talking this young hawk came right next to us, and stared at us. We were so excited and amazed that as fast as possible we grabbed our digital and took some pictures.
Soon the hawk took off and left us wondering once more about the surprises that we can encounter not only every week, but also any moment in the Galapagos.
It is hard to believe that this week has ended so fast. We have discovered so many surprises.
This morning we visited the northern side of Bartholome, where we found some white-tipped reef sharks in the shallow water. They were so close that their tails almost touched us. We also discovered turtle tracks on the beach. This is not the breeding season, but some of them are apparently coming to the sand dune to dig. We do not know yet if they have laid eggs already, or if they were just checking the place out..
Something funny happened to us last week on this very same island. One of our Naturalists had to run away from an adult hawk, because it tried to steal some of her hair. Apparently the bird thought the strange-looking thing hanging out of our naturalist’s hat seemed like it would be a good nesting material. That might have been the parent of this juvenile hawk in the picture.
This week our fellow naturalist, this juvenile and perhaps the same parent hawk have all come back to the shore. While we were talking this young hawk came right next to us, and stared at us. We were so excited and amazed that as fast as possible we grabbed our digital and took some pictures.
Soon the hawk took off and left us wondering once more about the surprises that we can encounter not only every week, but also any moment in the Galapagos.
