The small islet of Bartolom‚ is probably one of the more spectacular places in the Galapagos Archipelago. Our pre-breakfast walk to the summit this morning though offered us not only the incredible landscape, but also a more sobering view. One of the local fishing boats allowed to fish in the archipelago had its nets attached to the southern beach of the islet to catch a large school of mullet. This is forbidden, as all visitor sites are out of bounds for extractive uses. Our intrepid expedition leader, Cindy, went straight out there on a Zodiac to confront the fishermen, and to take pictures of their activities to send to the National Park Service. Fortunately they left pretty quickly, so much so that several mullet were left on the beach. This caused quite a show for those of us who took the short walk over to the southern beach later on that morning. Sea lions were ripping into the fish, with frigatebirds and pelicans squabbling for scraps, and a magnificent Galapagos hawk came down right in front of us to tuck into the free feast. These beautiful birds of prey are the topmost terrestrial predator in the islands, but like most creatures here, are opportunistic and will grab whatever they can get.