Otavalo, Ecuador
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Official Itinerary Description:"Arrive at North Seymour in the morning to see frigate birds, blue-footed boobies and sea lions. Seymour Island is probably the most exciting island photographically. Bird life abounds, and close to the trail you will find many nesting pairs and young chicks. Seymour is also home to the Galapagos's largest colony of magnificent frigate birds. Their mating ritual is an ostentatious display: males expand the red sack at the base of their throat and perch atop a bush with wings fully extended, flapping furiously. Interested females circle overhead, and if so inclined, may join the male on terra firma. Further along the trail we can observe
a colony of sea lions."
The final day was actually pretty packed, considering it was just one excursion before a midday flight back to mainland Ecuador. We got up extra early (I think around 5:30) and saw the sun rise, which was beautiful. The crossing to the island (N. Seymour) was rougher than other days... but still not bad. No one had a problem making the zodiac to land hop.
The frigate birds puffed their red neck thingys (that's a highly technical scientific term) which was absolutely spectacular. They were so close and so still, you could really get a nice close up shot of the brilliant red. To be honest, I'm not sure how ANY male frigates are single! Those red things are HOT.
We saw tons of blue footed boobies...also very close- some even blocking our path! Afterwards, we headed around the corner to the Santa Cruz airport and before I knew it, my 8 days in the Galapagos was over.
The flight wasn't so bad... we arrived in mid-afternoon and had pre-arranged transport to Otavalo. We were there by sunset.
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