Sunday, June 8, 2014

Galapagos Islands - Iguanas

We saw (and smelled) a lot of iguana.  Both the land and marine varieties.  They kind of grow on you....


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Marine Iguana soaking in a shallow pool to warm up in the morning

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Marine Iguana claws hanging onto the lava rock

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A colorful land iguana

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A nice smile

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Attention, Attention - I have something important to tell you all!

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A very proud looking marine iguana

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Marine Iguana tails

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Marine Iguana textures

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Marine Iguana's stop for no man (or iguana)

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Taking a break from eating flowers

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The end

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Galapagos Islands - Flamingos

We were fortunate enough to see flamingos on 2 different islands.  Our naturalist was incredibly skilled at bird calls - and in one case she was able to get a reaction from several of them!  This post is for Jenn's dad Rich & sister Stephie!   (old inside joke....)


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Early morning reflection


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Later in the morning

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Reacting to the bird calls


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Wonderful lines

Monday, June 2, 2014

Galapagos Islands - Tortoises

While there are a few places to see the famous Galapagos giant Tortoise in sanctuaries, there are limited opportunities to see them in the wild.  We were fortunate enough to see a few!


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Slow but beautiful


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ET was modeled after these guys - you can see it


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It's a hard knock life


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Time to trim those nails


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The arms look like armor


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Cool feet!


Sunday, June 1, 2014

Galapagos Islands - Under the Sea

We weren't able to post day-by-day during our recently completed trip to the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.  So we decided to mix things up, and do a post for each different type of photo subject.

So, to kick things off, here are the underwater shots from our trip:


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Galapagos Penguin swimming by

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VERY curious sea lions!

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Checking the GoPro out just before trying to take a little bite out of it!

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Shark!

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It's incredible how graceful the turtles are

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YAT (Yet Another Turtle)

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Who knew fish could photobomb?

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Always nice when the fish pose willingly

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YAF (Yet Another Fish)

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Lots of beautiful fish to be seen

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A ray shot from the zodiak (using a pole below the water)

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