Galapagos Islands 2012: Part 4
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Aug 31, 2012 | by Kevin Loughlin
Pinnacle Rock is an icon of the Galapagos landscape!
Before breakfast we took a dinghy trip around Bartolomé to get good views of Galápagos Penguins, Lava Herons, Yellow-crowned Night-herons, Blue-footed Boobies and, of course, sea lions. One sea lion was even inquisitive enough to jump into our dinghy on this trip!
Galapagos Penguins are the northernmost penguins on the planet. In some parts of the islands they are actually found on the Equator!
The Lava Heron is now considered a subspecies of the Striated Heron… but it may be spit as a full endemic again in the future!
This juvenile Lava Heron was begging for a treat for mom!
When we had all tested our camera work on the bouncy dinghy we went back to eat breakfast before heading off to explore the lava fields on Santiago.
photos © Kevin Loughlin
text © Sarah Winnicki