More yellow warblers |
Fellow Cormorants |
Sunset at dancing time. |
After dinner and orientation we danced for a while on the top deck. It was tricky, what with rocking and an astroturf (over steel) floor. 9/18/2001 Turtle Day! We motored to the south side of Santa Cruz at Puerta Ayora. In the morning we drove up the mountain and saw two large sinkholes, visited a private farm with wild tortoises (saw Aku), and saw a lava tube. |
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Galapagos dove |
Mary Lynn |
Darwin finch |
Ferns (red fern) |
Darwin finch(?) |
Sinkhole with rainbow |
Interesting flora |
Tortoise on the farm! |
Hiding under shell |
Tank, tank, tank... |
Peter and ? |
?, Judy, ?, and Yael |
Old lava tube |
Great lighting |
Peter in the distance |
After lunch we went to the Darwin Research Center and saw Lonely Georg and other tortoises large and small. We were greeted at the Research Center cay by a pile of iguanas, as well. We walked from the center through the town of Puerta Ayora, and left from the dock there. I sent post cards, and tried to send an e-mail from town, but without success. After dinner, I went straight to bed. Peter and Mary Lea played a while, but I missed it. |
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Light at the end... |
Sea iguana huddle |
Very lazy dragons |
Striped Heron? |
on a boat. |
Larger Darwin finch |