Tower Island
What a wonderful way to start the day: on a pristine island in the Galápagos, Tower or Genovesa, an island that is home to over one million sea birds. Our highlights were diverse, from Nazca, red and blue-footed boobies and gulls to owls and fur seals.
Our adventure begins with a wet landing on a white coralline beach inside Darwin Bay, named by a celebrity visitor, William Beebe, in honor of a great naturalist who re-directed human thought. This picture allows me to show you the only true nocturnal gull in the world: the swallow-tailed gull, which feeds exclusively on squid as shown in this picture. I was lucky to get a shot up close and personal, just the way the Galápagos are, all of us visitors and residents are fortunate to share its magic.After this great adventure, we came back to our home and enjoyed a delicious lunch which was followed by a lecture about the most famous visitor of all times, Charles Darwin. After learning about Darwin and his contribution to the islands, we were ready to start off our next adventure, which is a walk that starts at the famous Prince Philip’s Steps where we were able to find the elusive short-ear owl for our delight.
As we took that walk, it was as if we went back in time, birds flying all over just like in pre historic times, lava formations resembling the formation of the earth: all in all an excellent afternoon.
What a wonderful way to start the day: on a pristine island in the Galápagos, Tower or Genovesa, an island that is home to over one million sea birds. Our highlights were diverse, from Nazca, red and blue-footed boobies and gulls to owls and fur seals.
Our adventure begins with a wet landing on a white coralline beach inside Darwin Bay, named by a celebrity visitor, William Beebe, in honor of a great naturalist who re-directed human thought. This picture allows me to show you the only true nocturnal gull in the world: the swallow-tailed gull, which feeds exclusively on squid as shown in this picture. I was lucky to get a shot up close and personal, just the way the Galápagos are, all of us visitors and residents are fortunate to share its magic.
As we took that walk, it was as if we went back in time, birds flying all over just like in pre historic times, lava formations resembling the formation of the earth: all in all an excellent afternoon.
