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Birds of the Galapagos

There are quite a few birds in the Galapagos. Of course, there are all those finches that Darwin described. The three varieties of boobies are well known. It is an environment where you can do a lot of photography because the birds are unafraid of humans for the most part. The little birds are the hardest because they just won't sit still. I wish I had a lot more time to look for the vermillion flycatcher (a rare one) because it liked to dart around just a little bit farther away than the 400 mm would really like. I really am not a birder by any means, certainly not like Rich and Christiane. But I do like photographing them. This was fun.

Blue footed boobies
Blue footed boobies
Lava Heron
Lava Heron
Semi-palmated plover
Semi-palmated plover
Nazca booby juvenile
Nazca booby juvenile
Red footed boobies
Red footed boobies
Nazca booby juvenile
Nazca booby juvenile
Red footed booby
Red footed booby
Red footed booby
Red footed booby
Galapagos Mockingbird
Galapagos Mockingbird
Galapagos Mockingbird
Galapagos Mockingbird
Nazca boobies
Nazca boobies
Frigatebird juvenile
Frigatebird juvenile
Nazca booby with chick and egg
Nazca booby with chick and egg
Nazca booby guarding a trail marker
Nazca booby guarding a trail marker
Galapagos Mockingbird in giant prickly pear cactus
Galapagos Mockingbird in giant prickly pear cactus
Yellow crowned night heron juvenile
Yellow crowned night heron juvenile
Yellow crowned night heron
Yellow crowned night heron
Red footed booby juvenile
Red footed booby juvenile
Whimbrel
Whimbrel
Yellow crowned night heron
Yellow crowned night heron
Swallow tail gull juvenile
Swallow tail gull juvenile
Red footed booby
Red footed booby
Yellow warbler
Yellow warbler
Yellow warbler
Yellow warbler
Galapagos Mockingbird
Galapagos Mockingbird
Short eared owl
Short eared owl
Galapagos Hawk
Galapagos Hawk
Great blue heron
Great blue heron
Noddy tern
Noddy tern
Frigatebird
Frigatebird
Brown Pelican
Brown Pelican
Brown Pelican
Brown Pelican
Ruddy turnstone
Ruddy turnstone
Galapagos penguin
Galapagos penguin
Flightless cormorant
Flightless cormorant
Galapagos flycatcher
Galapagos flycatcher
Lava gull
Lava gull
Greater flamingo
Greater flamingo
Vermilion flycatcher
Vermilion flycatcher
Vermilion flycatcher
Vermilion flycatcher
White cheeked pintail
White cheeked pintail
Galapagos dove
Galapagos dove
Galapagos flycatcher
Galapagos flycatcher
Tropicbird
Tropicbird
Tropicbird
Tropicbird
Tropicbird
Tropicbird
Swallow tail gull sitting in the ice plants
Swallow tail gull sitting in the ice plants
Swallow tail gull juvenile
Swallow tail gull juvenile
Swallow tail gull and chick
Swallow tail gull and chick
Brown Pelican
Brown Pelican
Frigatebird on the Tip Top III
Frigatebird on the Tip Top III
Black neck stilt
Black neck stilt
Finch
Finch
Lava Heron
Lava Heron
Sandpiper
Sandpiper
Waved Albatros Chick
Waved Albatros Chick
Waved Albatros
Waved Albatros
Waved Albatros
Waved Albatros
Waved Albatros
Waved Albatros
Waved Albatros homies hanging out
Waved Albatros homies hanging out
Waved Albatros egg
Waved Albatros egg
Waved Albatros heading to the cliff to a takeoff
Waved Albatros heading to the cliff to a takeoff
Waved Albatros takes off
Waved Albatros takes off
Swallow tail gull
Swallow tail gull
Waved Albatros
Waved Albatros
Tropicbird nesting
Tropicbird nesting
Blue footed booby family
Blue footed booby family
American Oystercatcher
American Oystercatcher
Galapagos Mockingbird rumble
Galapagos Mockingbird rumble
Lava gull heading for dinner on a dead sea lion
Lava gull heading for dinner on a dead sea lion
Frigatebird juvenile
Frigatebird juvenile
Frigatebird male impressing the ladies
Frigatebird male impressing the ladies
Ruddy turnstone
Ruddy turnstone