Española Island
Today, we had an outstanding day at Española also known by its English name, Hood Island. This is one of the oldest islands in the archipelago with an estimated age of four million years old.
We enjoyed several different options for our morning walk. While some of our guests took the long walk to enjoy a bit more of exercise, others took the medium walk option for a much more scenario – talkative excursion. Last but not least, we had the short walkers whom enjoyed a much more relaxing stroll along the beach watching all the wildlife found there. Lots of marine iguanas and sea lions were the stars of the day, while plenty of sea birds were observed along the entire island.
Our weather is also changing quite often, as we are in the middle of the transition time between the dry/cold season and the warm season. Water temperatures are slowly increasing (yuppie!) and the warm-sunny days are more common.
The beginning of the warm season is very important for some of the land birds such as finches, mockingbirds and doves. When the first rain appears, the fresh water availability will make the plants produce many seeds (food for finches and others species). Also reptiles, like the Española lava lizards shown in today’s picture, are taking advantage of the weather. The increase of the hit on the land would make it ideal for these tiny reptiles to breed and to lay the eggs on the warm ground. As you can see, everything is connected in this living laboratory of evolution!
After a very delicious lunch, we started with our afternoon options which included glass bottom boat outings, deep water snorkeling, beach snorkeling and a lovely leisure walk along the beach.
We returned aboard at the end our marvelous day to enjoy a beautiful sunset and our first recap of the week.
Today, we had an outstanding day at Española also known by its English name, Hood Island. This is one of the oldest islands in the archipelago with an estimated age of four million years old.
We enjoyed several different options for our morning walk. While some of our guests took the long walk to enjoy a bit more of exercise, others took the medium walk option for a much more scenario – talkative excursion. Last but not least, we had the short walkers whom enjoyed a much more relaxing stroll along the beach watching all the wildlife found there. Lots of marine iguanas and sea lions were the stars of the day, while plenty of sea birds were observed along the entire island.
Our weather is also changing quite often, as we are in the middle of the transition time between the dry/cold season and the warm season. Water temperatures are slowly increasing (yuppie!) and the warm-sunny days are more common.
The beginning of the warm season is very important for some of the land birds such as finches, mockingbirds and doves. When the first rain appears, the fresh water availability will make the plants produce many seeds (food for finches and others species). Also reptiles, like the Española lava lizards shown in today’s picture, are taking advantage of the weather. The increase of the hit on the land would make it ideal for these tiny reptiles to breed and to lay the eggs on the warm ground. As you can see, everything is connected in this living laboratory of evolution!
After a very delicious lunch, we started with our afternoon options which included glass bottom boat outings, deep water snorkeling, beach snorkeling and a lovely leisure walk along the beach.
We returned aboard at the end our marvelous day to enjoy a beautiful sunset and our first recap of the week.
