Genovesa Island
Today, like everyday, it was a good idea to get up early in the morning; beautiful lights, and a very impressive view of the collapsed caldera of Genovesa Island. Something amazing, unreal, hard to imagine how a whole volcano has fallen in the sea, making up a huge volcanic caldera.
Anyway, besides the wonderful geology, Genovesa is an island inhabited by many different species of birds; it’s believed that probably about one million birds live here, many of them being red-footed boobies.
At 08:30 in the morning we were ready to get on shore; water temperature was just perfect for sea activities. Hundreds of boobies, frigates, tropic birds and gulls were flying above the caldera. The walk was nice and everybody was really fulfilled with the visit. At the end of the trail, form the top of the cliff; we spotted at least ten Galápagos sharks swimming below us. It was a beautiful and succesful morning.
In the afternoon after Paula’s lecture about the geology of Galápagos, we were ready to experience a different location; everybody got the opportunity to see many storm petrels flying like butterflies over a lava field. After the petrels, and right on the same place, we found its main predator, the short-eared owl, which is actually the main predator in this island, at the top of the terrestrial food web of Genovesa. We witnessed the owl hunting a Galápagos dove among people. Our guests tried to get as many pictures as they could, and of course, I did the same.
Today, like everyday, it was a good idea to get up early in the morning; beautiful lights, and a very impressive view of the collapsed caldera of Genovesa Island. Something amazing, unreal, hard to imagine how a whole volcano has fallen in the sea, making up a huge volcanic caldera.
Anyway, besides the wonderful geology, Genovesa is an island inhabited by many different species of birds; it’s believed that probably about one million birds live here, many of them being red-footed boobies.
At 08:30 in the morning we were ready to get on shore; water temperature was just perfect for sea activities. Hundreds of boobies, frigates, tropic birds and gulls were flying above the caldera. The walk was nice and everybody was really fulfilled with the visit. At the end of the trail, form the top of the cliff; we spotted at least ten Galápagos sharks swimming below us. It was a beautiful and succesful morning.
In the afternoon after Paula’s lecture about the geology of Galápagos, we were ready to experience a different location; everybody got the opportunity to see many storm petrels flying like butterflies over a lava field. After the petrels, and right on the same place, we found its main predator, the short-eared owl, which is actually the main predator in this island, at the top of the terrestrial food web of Genovesa. We witnessed the owl hunting a Galápagos dove among people. Our guests tried to get as many pictures as they could, and of course, I did the same.
