Sally Lightfoot Crab
Grapsus grapsus
Bachas Beach
Santa Cruz Island
AKA Indefatigable Island
Galapagos Islands,
Ecuador
11 July 2007
Sally Lightfoot Crab
Grapsus grapsus
Bachas Beach
Santa Cruz Island
AKA Indefatigable Island
Galapagos Islands
Ecuador
5 July 2003
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia aureola
male
This is the Galapagos race of this species.
Bachas Beach
Santa Cruz Island
AKA Indefatigable Island
Galapagos Islands
Ecuador
18 August 2010
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
Bachas Beach
Santa Cruz Island
AKA Indefatigable Island
Galapagos Islands
Ecuador
18 August 2010
likely a fall migrant
Magnificent Frigatebird
Fregata magnificens
male with red throat pouch inflated
during courtship display
Seymour Island,
Galapagos Islands,
Ecuador
27 August 2010
American Flamingo
Phoenicopterus ruber
Bachas Beach
Santa Cruz Island
AKA Indefatigable Island
Galapagos Islands
Ecuador
18 August 2010
Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia aureola
female
This is the Galapagos race of this species.
Bachas Beach
Santa Cruz Island
AKA Indefatigable Island
Galapagos Islands,
Ecuador
11 July 2007
Swallow-tailed Gull
Creagrus furcatus
Seymour Island,
Galapagos Islands,
Ecuador
18 July 2007
Small Ground-Finch
Geospiza fuliginosa
female
foraging on lava along the coast line.
Bachas Beach
Santa Cruz Island
AKA Indefatigable Island
Galapagos Islands,
Ecuador
11 July 2007
Magnificent Frigatebird
Fregata magnificens
male with gular sac inflated during display
Seymour Island,
Galapagos Islands,
Ecuador
18 July 2007
Magnificent Frigatebird
Fregata magnificens
imm. female
close up of head and breast area in flight
Bachas Beach
Santa Cruz Island
AKA Indefatigable Island
Galapagos Islands,
Ecuador
11 July 2007
American Flamingo
Bachas Beach
Santa Cruz Island
AKA Indefatigable Island
Galapagos Islands,
Ecuador
11 July 2007
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
female - on nest with white downy chick partially visible underneath.
Seymour Island,
Galapagos Islands,
Ecuador
18 July 2007
Blue-footed Booby
Sula nebouxii
adult - perched on rock
Seymour Island,
Galapagos Islands,
Ecuador
18 July 2007