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7/1/2024 cont…

In the afternoon we went to the Isla Plaza Sur where we had a great afternoon walk.There were many breeding birds and Iguanas.

Red-billed Tropicbird

Swallow-tailed Gull

Nazca Booby

Frigatebird

Elliot’s Storm-Petrel

Land Iguana

8/1/2024

Today we are visiting the Charles Darwin Foundation on the island of Santa Cruz.

We then had a bike ride to our nest destination where we shown how they make moonshine.

We then had lunch at Rancho El Manzanillo in the highlands. There were lots of wild giant tortoises here.

We then had some time to explore the town of Puerto Ayora. There was an amazing fish stall there that attracted the attention of Frigatebirds, Sealions, Lava Gulls, Brown Pelicans and Lava herons as well as tourists.

5/2/2024

Very soon after arriving on Baltra island we were taken to Santa Cruz II, the ship that was going to be our home for the next 6 days.

It was not long before we were on our first expedition on the zodiacs to explore the coastline.

Blue-footed Booby

Brown Noddy

Juvenile Swallow-tailed Gull

6/2/2024

Overnight the boat had sailed to the island of St Cristobal. Our first trip out was in the zodiac along the coastline and later we landed on a beach and were able to walk along the shoreline.

Yellow Warbler

Wandering Tattler

Medium Ground-Finch

Small Ground-Finch

In the afternoon we went ashore and visited a breeding centre for tortoises in the highlands. We only saw captive tortoises here. We saw several San Cristobal Mockingbirds.