Espanola Island
The weather in the Galápagos is certainly unpredictable. Today early in the morning it was overcast. It became sunny at mid morning, but it didn’t last. With our guests, we were anxious to see the albatross. We knew it is the end of the season, but it was worth to give it a try, plus the chance to see all the beautiful scenery and incredible animals of Espanola.
During the hike, we had the company of several Hood mockingbirds, a couple of warbler finches and some doves. Some sea birds are active, such as the Nazca boobies which are courting and most of them have two eggs in their nests.
By the time we were walking the trail at Punta Suárez, the tide started to come down, and within an hour, the iguanas were all eating the algae that grows attached to the exposed rocks.
When we reached the blowhole, the impressive formation was in passive mode since the waves were rather small and the winds not strong. Only three young albatrosses and two adults were still on land. Few were flying on the surrounding areas.
The albatrosses are gone for the season. We are sure that next week we will only see the youngsters, and if in less than a month they are not flying, they will be part of those that form the quota of not favored by nature.
The albatrosses will fly following the banks of Salemas, Sardines and Anchovies in the open ocean in the East Pacific, and will be back by March next year, coincidentally with the arrival of the solstice. Then, the whole story will be repeated once again and the struggle for life once more performed.
That is how every day nature remind us that we should make a better effort to understand her and with this understanding, to enjoy much better our lives.
The weather in the Galápagos is certainly unpredictable. Today early in the morning it was overcast. It became sunny at mid morning, but it didn’t last. With our guests, we were anxious to see the albatross. We knew it is the end of the season, but it was worth to give it a try, plus the chance to see all the beautiful scenery and incredible animals of Espanola.
During the hike, we had the company of several Hood mockingbirds, a couple of warbler finches and some doves. Some sea birds are active, such as the Nazca boobies which are courting and most of them have two eggs in their nests.
By the time we were walking the trail at Punta Suárez, the tide started to come down, and within an hour, the iguanas were all eating the algae that grows attached to the exposed rocks.
When we reached the blowhole, the impressive formation was in passive mode since the waves were rather small and the winds not strong. Only three young albatrosses and two adults were still on land. Few were flying on the surrounding areas.
The albatrosses are gone for the season. We are sure that next week we will only see the youngsters, and if in less than a month they are not flying, they will be part of those that form the quota of not favored by nature.
The albatrosses will fly following the banks of Salemas, Sardines and Anchovies in the open ocean in the East Pacific, and will be back by March next year, coincidentally with the arrival of the solstice. Then, the whole story will be repeated once again and the struggle for life once more performed.
That is how every day nature remind us that we should make a better effort to understand her and with this understanding, to enjoy much better our lives.
