One of the most amazing islands in the Galapagos Archipelago is Genovesa, a small and rather flat island that is home to huge colonies of marine birds.
In the early hours of the morning, we dropped anchor at Darwin Bay, which is really an eroded caldera that gave way to the sea thousands of years ago. There are no mammalian predators on Genovesa, therefore seabirds thrive. Swallow-tailed gulls, striated herons, pelicans, and storm petrels are abundant here. Genovesa has the largest colony of the colorful red-footed boobies in the Galapagos. Frigatebirds are in the middle of their breeding season, and we observed several males flying above us with their bright red inflated pouches, an exaggerated trait to attract a mate.
This island really feels untouched, almost frozen in time, a place where birds dominate the ground, seas, and skies, making this place unforgettable.
