Nature Photography: Galapagos Birds

Galapagos Island Birds

June, 2012

Great Frigatebird

Swallow Tailed Gull Chick

Galapagos Flycatcher

Swallow Tailed Gull

Nazca Booby

Swallow Tailed Gull Chick

Swallow Tailed Gulls

Blue Footed Booby

Swallow Tailed Gulls

Swallow Tailed Gull

Swallow Tailed Gulls

Yellow Warbler

Swallow Tailed Gull Chick

Swallow Tailed Gulls

Galapagos Flycatcher

Great Frigatebirds raiding a Swallow Tailed Gull Nest

Swallow Tailed Gulls

Medium Ground Finch

Whimbrel

Swallow Tailed Gull

Red Footed Booby

Medium Ground Finch

Nazca Booby

Red Footed Boobies

Red Footed Booby

Galapagos Dove

Great Frigatebird

Red Footed Booby Chick

White-Morph Red Footed Booby

Yellow Crowned Heron

Nazca Booby

Great Frigatebird

Swallow Tailed Gull Chick

Nazca Booby

Great Frigatebird

Nazca Booby

Yellow Crowned Heron

Swallow Tailed Gull

Swallow Tailed Gull Chick

Swallow Tailed Gull

Great Frigatebird Chick

Great Frigatebird

Yellow Warbler

Red Footed Booby

Yellow Warbler

Great Frigatebird

Red Billed Tropicbird

Swallow Tailed Gull

Galapagos Mockingbird

Great Frigatebird

Swallow Tailed Gull

Great Frigatebird

Great Frigatebird Chick

Great Frigatebird

Swallow Tailed Gull and Egg

Great Frigatebird

Nazca Booby and Chick

Galapagos Dove

Nazca Booby Chick

Galapagos Mockingbird

Galapagos Mockingbird and Red Footed Booby

Great Frigatebird Plucking Hairs for Nesting Material

Seabirds

Nazca Booby

Short Eared Owl

Great Frigatebird

Red Billed Tropicbirds

Frigates and Tropicbirds

Galapagos Penguin

Nazca Booby Chick

Seabirds

Galapagos Mockingbird

Brown Booby

Brown Booby Chick

Short Eared Owl

Red Footed Booby

White-Morph Red Footed Booby

Red Footed Booby

Brown Pelican

Red Billed Tropicbird

Galapagos Penguin

Red Billed Tropicbird

Swallow Tailed Gull

Galapagos Hawk

Great Frigatebird

Galapagos Penguins

Blue Footed Booby

Blue Footed Boobies

Galapagos Penguins

Great Frigatebirds

Great Frigatebirds: Males have red, inflatable skin sack on neck for courtship. Both male and female frigatebirds tend to chicks.

Red Footed Booby: Only booby that nests in trees. Fewer than 3% of all Red Footed Boobies have White-Morph feathers. Fish 40 miles or more from land.

Nazca Booby: Nests on the ground. Pant like dogs to reduce heat.

Brown Booby: Rare to spot, nests on the ground.

Blue Footed Booby: Nests on the ground. Perform intricate dance with feet during courtship. Dives for fish from up to 100 feet high.

Swallow Tailed Gull: Common gull, fish for squid at night. Ring around eye allows them to see in infrared in complete darkness.

Medium Ground Finch: Eats seeds and lives primarily on ground. Between sizes of Large and Small Ground Finches.

Whimbrel: Shore bird that primarily eats ocean invertebrates.

Yellow Warbler: Eats mostly insects, occasionally feeds on berries.

Brown Pelican: Dives for fish close to shore, tends to live near cliffs.

Galapagos Penguin: Live on rocks near shore and eat fish. Tend to be found in cooler waters of the Galapagos.

Short Eared Owl: Well camouflaged, tends to live near cliffs where shorebirds congregate. Eats small birds and chicks.

Galapagos Mockingbird: Aggressive bird that feeds on lizards, chicks, and insects. Bold around humans.

Galapagos Hawk: Small hawk that feeds primarily on seabirds and chicks.

Galapagos Dove: Often seen around cactuses, eats mostly seeds.

Red Billed Tropicbird: Live in rocks and on cliffs, feed on squid and fish.

Yellow Crowned Heron: Stalk the rocky shores feeding on fish, crabs, insects, and mollusks.

Galapagos Flycatcher: Bold and curious, often approach around humans. Skilled aviators, can fly from their perch to pluck insects from the air at great speed.

Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

July 4, 2012

Galapagos Birds