Genovesa Island
Genovesa is located in the northeastern realm of the Galápagos Islands. It is bathed by the warm currents of the Panama Flow, and the sea temperature is always in the mid seventies, if not more. This is the land of red-footed boobies, and here we find great frigate birds breeding at this time of the year. It is quite an experience to get up close to the male frigates with their gular pouches fully-inflated: we had a great time watching them.
This is the place where short-eared owls have become diurnal hunters due to the absence of Galápagos hawks (the owl has taken over the ecological niche of the hawk), and where hundreds of Nazca boobies nest any time of the year, as they are opportunistic breeders.
Today we saw it all! We experienced these species, with all of their possible behaviors and even more.
Snorkeling was another great experience. We saw incredible numbers of parrot fishes along the walls of the collapsed caldera. The layers of lava give shelter to many reef fish, and are substrate to huge amounts of white coral, food for the parrot fish. Several moorish idols and streamer wrasses were the delight of our guests.
Genovesa, above and underwater, was at its best!
Genovesa is located in the northeastern realm of the Galápagos Islands. It is bathed by the warm currents of the Panama Flow, and the sea temperature is always in the mid seventies, if not more. This is the land of red-footed boobies, and here we find great frigate birds breeding at this time of the year. It is quite an experience to get up close to the male frigates with their gular pouches fully-inflated: we had a great time watching them.
This is the place where short-eared owls have become diurnal hunters due to the absence of Galápagos hawks (the owl has taken over the ecological niche of the hawk), and where hundreds of Nazca boobies nest any time of the year, as they are opportunistic breeders.
Today we saw it all! We experienced these species, with all of their possible behaviors and even more.
Snorkeling was another great experience. We saw incredible numbers of parrot fishes along the walls of the collapsed caldera. The layers of lava give shelter to many reef fish, and are substrate to huge amounts of white coral, food for the parrot fish. Several moorish idols and streamer wrasses were the delight of our guests.
Genovesa, above and underwater, was at its best!
