A pelican joins our boat on the first day
Baby Tortoises at the Darwin Center
Adolescent Tortoises at the Darwin Center
Land iguana at the Darwin Center
Lonesome George
Lava crater (Santa Cruz island)
Darwin Finches
Lava Tube
Getting ready to snorkel on Santa Fe Island
Santa Fe Island Beach
Mother and child sea lion
A sea lion poses
Sea lion prepares to chase a tourist
Baby sea lion
Bull sea lion prepares to walk and bark
Carrie mimics the pose
Day 3
Marine iguanas and lava lizards
This one relieved itself
Blue footed boobies
Hawk
Crabs -- look delicious!
A beautiful moment shared between mother and child... and Dan
Waved albatross
Masked boobies
More masked boobies
Galapagos mockingbird
Masked Boobies
Lava lizard
Dan on the boat
This sea lion came over and sniffed me, and then flopped down right next to me!
Darwin Finches like Urine
Day 4
Flamingo
The path of the flamingos can be seen in the water
Turtle Tracks
Dan's feet in the stingray filled water
Rays in the water
Stingray
More rays
Posing sea lion
The Post Office
The yachts wait for the tourists to return
Male frigatebird showing off his stuff for the ladies
A female frigate bird must be flying by, because this male is displaying!
Mother, newborn, and placenta
This bird is trying to steal the placenta, but the mother sea lion won´t have it
Our guide had to coax a sea lion off the path
Bull Sea Lion - you can tell by the thick neck and raised forehead
Carrie forms a wall around this sea lion
They ¨made¨ our bed every day, and sometimes twice in one day
Blue Footed Boobies
Turtle Nests
Day 6
Masked booby on Genovesa
Baby masked booby
Very young masked booby
No fear of humans!
Red Footed Booby
Red footed booby shows his wings
White Red Footed Booby
Baby Frigate Bird
Swallow tailed gull
One of these sea lions is napping with its head under water! Every few minutes it would lift its head to breathe.
Day 7
Penguin!
Penguin
Our boatload of tourists
Frigate birds flying over our boat
The frigate bird following our boat
Dan got pooped on! They tried to poop on me twice, but I managed to roll out of the way both times.
Turtles in Love
Big Man, Little Boat
White Tipped Sharks
Turtle
Eagle Ray
Day 8
Newborn sea lion. The frigate birds in the background managed to steal the placenta.
Bull blocking our path