Crab

More crabs. They were all over so much of the coastline we saw.

Nazca Boobie

Yet another Boobie today, the Nazca variety this time. Again, similar to our Gannet in the UK.

Albatross

This guy is called the Waved Albatross because of that lovely pattern on his chest - terrific!

Galapagos Dove

Darwin noted that he could catch these guys for his pot by throwing his hat at them. The wildlife is so tame that you could probably do the same with most species in the Galapagos - providing you had a big enough hat!

More Boobies

Another Blue-footed Boobie, probably the birds we saw the most of but we never tired them - such characters!

Tortuga!

Apologies for the break in blogs - I have been busy on a quick camping trip and I am now set up in Switzerland for the next month.

We were lucky enough to swim with these guys a couple of times - what a treat!

Life's a beach

We were lucky enough to share a beach for a morning with Sea Lions. This guy was quite relaxed!

Half a crab

We often met these guys on the beach. Incredible bright colours!

Boobie dance

It was the time of year for the Boobies to be starting their mating rituals. This male (foreground) was trying his best to impress his chosen lady. I have no idea if he was successful but she looks fairly interested here!

How cute!

We saw plenty of these Sea Lions both in and out of the water. They spent a lot of time relaxing - not a bad life!

Because they're worth it!

The giant tortoises (like so many animals) are a wonder to behold. This guy was living a blissfull life at the Darwin centre but we saw others in the wild and it is hard to believe they really exist!

On the wing

We also had our first look at the Boobies on the same walk as we saw the Frigate bird above. More photos to come of their incredible blue feet, but this shot shows just how like our Gannets they are.

Welcome to wonderland!

And here we are - within the first few yards of our first walk on the Galapagos and this guy was there to greet us. Incredibly, it's not so much the chest that impresses the lady Frigate birds, it's location location location - where he builds his nest counts!
I couldn't help feeling sorry for this guy - all that trouble with the big red chest but his nest was not good real estate and he was all alone.

Just one more

One more before we head off to the Galapagos. This guy was walking across a path in the jungle. His shell was on its side as if somebody had blown him over!

Capuccin encore

We shall head off to the Galapagos soon, but here is one more look at a Capuccin monkey - how cute!

Wild? They were livid!

More butterfly pictures to come from the butterfly farm in the cloud forest, but these guys were out there fending for themselves in the big bad jungle.

Caiman island!

We went out in the canoe at night to hunt for Caiman (crocadilians). We saw a quite few of them hanging around - very impressive!

Who goes there?

We climbed up to a tower at the top of the canopy and met these two (presumably parent and child) peeking out of a hole in a limb which was clearly their front door!

Here they come...

These guys were terriffic - Cappucin monkeys. One of them was far away enough to jump up and down on a branch and shake a palm leaf at us to prove how tough he was!

In much better song!

Just incase yesterday's parrot left you grieving; he had plenty friends and they were in fine form and fine song. Here are a few of them enjoying themselves at another clay lick!