Genovesa Island’s location makes it a paradise for sea birds. It’s surrounding deep water is perfect for many sea birds with pelagic feeding habits, including the red-footed booby, the Nazca booby, the great frigate bird, the red-billed tropicbird, and the swallow-tailed gull. We also saw the short-eared owl. Visiting Genovesa was a great way to finish our expedition, and the sunset concluded this wonderful week.
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- 15 Sep 2018
Darwin Bay and Prince Philip’s Steps, 9/15/2018, National Geographic Islander
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Luis Vinueza, Naturalist
Luis arrived in the Galápagos Islands for the first time when he was 11 years old in 1983, and from that time on he knew that Galápagos would one day be his home. He returned to the islands in 1995 and spent 14 months camping in a tent. Seven of thos...
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