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Tortoise
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
"Hey Bob"
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Baby giants
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Chuckie who?
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Tortoise easily refutes Darwin
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Zarek's tortoise
Drawing by Zarek
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Sea turtle
Fernandina, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Sea turtle
Fernandina, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Turtle tracks
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Iguanas
Marine iguana among Sally Lightfeet
In profusion
My lips are sealed
Fernandina, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Morning constitutional
Fernandina, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
When marine iguanas give you the raspberry
Fernandina, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
There be dragons
Fernandina, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
When land iguanas take a lickin'
When you realize it is time to get a new suit...
Going vegan
High fiber diet
And now a word from our sponsors...
True to his name
Lava lizard Microlophus albermarlensis
Isabela, Galápagos
Canon 7Dmark2
June 26, 2015
Predator and prey
Lava lizard with painted locust
North Seymour, Galápagos
Canon 7Dmark2
June 24, 2015
Tastes like chicken
Lava lizard with painted locust
North Seymour, Galápagos
Canon 7Dmark2
June 24, 2015
Mammals
Baby sea lion
Fernandina, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Sea lion selfie
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Keeping cool
Galápagos sea lion
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Outa here
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
And the waters parted
Galápagos sea lion
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
When vibrissae mingle
Galápagos sea lion
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Sea lions
Galápagos sea lion
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Galápagos sea lion
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon rebel T5i
Very sick sea lion
Galápagos sea lion
Fernandina, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Ocular exudate
Galápagos sea lion
Fernandina, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Dolphin
June 25, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Whale skeleton
Fernandina, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Birds
Suliformes
Booby
Blue footed booby
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
When boobies look down on their peers
Blue footed booby
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
BFB
Blue footed booby
North Seymour, Galápagos
June 24, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Beige-footed booby
Boobies
Zarek's sand drawing
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Chocolate-footed booby
Boobies
M/V Santa Cruz, Galápagos
Actually taken July 22, 2015 - after returning
Every evening in our cabin we would be greeted by two representatives of the
indigenous wildlife of the Galápagos - in choclate form.
Frigate perched
Frigate
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
In the red
Frigate
North Seymour, Galápagos
June 24, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Inflated guler
Frigate
North Seymour, Galápagos
June 24, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Competition
Frigate
North Seymour, Galápagos
June 24, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Male close
Frigate
North Seymour, Galápagos
June 24, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Is it cute?
Frigate
North Seymour, Galápagos
June 24, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
How big burd started out.
Frigate
North Seymour, Galápagos
June 24, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Deflation
Frigate
North Seymour, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Winged frenzy
Frigate
North Seymour, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Earth bound
Two cormorants
Preening
Sunset silhouette
Cormorant feet on lava
Cormorant close
Flightless
The Galápagos cormorants have beautiful eyes.
Other cormorants (for instance, the double crested)
but not all (eg the crowned cormorant)
have similarly strikingly colored eyes.
Sphenisciformes
Flightless
Galápagos penguin
Fernandina, Galápagos
Canon 7Dmark2
June 25, 2015
The Galápagos penguins seem to have a range of eye color including this strikingly red variant.
Pinguino
The backstroke
Penguin profiled
Penguin
Graffiti
Isabela, Galápagos
June 26, 2015
Canon 7DmarkII
Penguin close
Graffiti
Isabela, Galápagos
June 26, 2015
Canon 7DmarkII
Phoenicopteriformes
Flamingo
(Phoenicopterus Ruber)
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
In keeping with my observations of unusual bird eye color in the Galápagos,
the flamingos have yellow orange eyes.
Flamingos
(Phoenicopterus Ruber)
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Lined up
Floreana, Galápagos
Canon 7Dmark2
June 28, 2015
Ruffled
Floreana, Galápagos
Canon 7Dmark2
June 28, 2015
Pelecaniformes
This pelican
Brown pelican
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Brown on black
Brown pelican
Fish Market, Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Searching for baby turtles
Great blue heron
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Striated
Striated
Rough night
Anseriformes
Pintail duckling in duckweed
White-cheeked pintail (Anas bahamensis galapagensis)
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Ducks in the three pack
White-cheeked pintail (Anas bahamensis galapagensis)
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Strigiformes
Owl in lava tube
Owl
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Olympus Tough
Charadriiformes
Lava gull
Lava gull
Gull
Catching oysters
Columbiformes
Comfy little nest - amidst the cactus spines
Dove close
As shadows lengthen
Procellariiformes
Dancing
Pirouette
Passeriformes
Mockingbird
Galápagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus)
Isabela, Galápagos
June 26, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Mockingbird close
Galápagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus)
Isabela, Galápagos
June 26, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Mockingbird close
Galápagos mockingbird (Mimus parvulus)
Isabela, Galápagos
June 26, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Darwin's muses
Four mockingbirds
Puerto Ayora
June 27, 2015
Yellow warbler
Galápagos yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia aureola)
Isabela, Galápagos
June 26, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Bathing
Galápagos yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia aureola)
Isabela, Galápagos
June 26, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Check out that wing flip.
Hitch-hikers guide to the Galápagos
Galápagos yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia aureola)
Santa Cruz highlands, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Check out that wing flip.
"Finch"
Finch bathing
Fish
Tiburon
Drawing by Zarek
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Bugs
Philornis downsi
Finch nest imperiled
CDRS, Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Olympus Tough
Philornis
Philornis downsi
CDRS, Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Olympus Tough
This relative of the house fly poses a major threat to the survival of the finches and other birds of the Galápagos.
Pupa
Philornis downsi
CDRS, Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Olympus Tough
Even Galápagos gets the blues
Monarch
The butter in butterfly
Painted
Lo-cust in Hi-lust
Painted locust mating
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Carpenter bee on Opuntia
Zigzag
Zigzag spider (Neoscona cooksoni)
North Seymour, Galápagos
June 24, 2015
Orb
Orb Spider (Argiope argentata)
Isabela, Galápagos
June 26, 2015
Arthropod invader bagged
On Lan flight to Baltra, Galápagos
June 24, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Arrive with alien
On Lan flight to Baltra, Galápagos
June 24, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Marine invertebrates
Sally Lightfoot
Grapsus grapsus
Fernandina, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Sally forth
Graffiti
Isabela, Galápagos
June 26, 2015
Canon 7DmarkII
When the torrent encroaches
Grapsus grapsus
Isabela, Galápagos
June 26, 2015
Dancing close
Grapsus grapsus
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
And speaking of eye color...
Hermits
Isabela, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Sea star
Fernandina, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Urchins above
Fernandina, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Urchins below
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Olympus Tough
Flora
Glorious morning
Beach morning glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae) - Bayhops
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Lava cactus
Lava cactus (Brachycereus nesioticus)
Fernandina, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Lava cactus
Lava cactus (Brachycereus nesioticus)
Fernandina, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Cactus-scape
Opuntia
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Mangroves
Fernandina, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Darwin's cotton
Isabela, Galápagos
June 26, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Grass
Isabela, Galápagos
June 26, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Fungi
Shrooms
Coprinellus disseminatus
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Considered an "inkcap" even though it does not "deliquesce".
Zarek
Zarek and the Chuckies
Charles Darwin Research Station
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Zarek in a fog
Charles Darwin Research Station
Isabela, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
The artist at work
Zarek's sand drawing
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
People
The group
Onboard the M/V Santa Cruz
near Floreana, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Lola
Isabela, Galápagos
June 26, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Craig at the CDRS
Charles Darwin Research Station
Isabela, Galápagos
June 26, 2015
Olympus Tough
When Galápagos dances
Onboard the M/V Santa Cruz, Puerto Ayora
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Boarded by pirates
Floreana, Galápagos
Canon 7Dmark2
June 28, 2015
Pirate princess?
Floreana, Galápagos
Canon 7Dmark2
June 28, 2015
Fire ant fashion statement
Santa Cruz highlands, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Guides feast in the highlands
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 29, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Dining staff
M/V Santa Cruz
Baltra, Galápagos
June 29, 2015
Bob
Arturo, Chuckie, and Bob
with Arturo Izurieta, Executive Director, Charles Darwin Foundation
Charles Darwin Research Station
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Bob at CDRS
Charles Darwin Research Station
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Bob and the guides
Baltra, Galápagos
June 29, 2015
Where's Walter?
Bob and Zarek
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Where's Walter?
Bob, J-tal, and Mr. T.
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Bob, J-tal, and Mr. T.
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Jamie, Charles, Bob...and Stuart?
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Canon 5Dmark2
Lizzie, Charles, Bob...and Stuart?
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Canon 5Dmark2
Among his many other talents, Stuart demonstrates that he is highly skilled in the art of photo bombing.
Apparently, he learned this from Darwin.
People and reptiles
Fernandina, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Jamie chills prior to disembarking
Baltra, Galápagos
June 29, 2015
Serious selfie
Bob, Zarek, and Stuart
Baltra airport, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
with thanks to Stuart
Jumping ship
Bob as the fall guy
At sea
June 25, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
with thanks to Stuart
Freefall selfie
At sea, Galápagos
Canon 7Dmark2
June 25, 2015
with thanks to Stuart
The fall guy
At sea, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
with thanks to the expedition staff
Fear of falling
At sea, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
with thanks to the expedition staff
Bob goes back in his shell
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Bob, Chuckie, and Iggie
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Equator crossing
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Floreana
Barrel post office
Old site
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Olympus Tough
Barrel relocated
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Olympus Tough
Mailing Darwin
with Stuart
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Bob is mortified
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon rebel T5i
Zarek mails a postcard
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon rebel T5i
Rabbit ears
Zarek
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Into the cave
Descendtion
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Olympus Tough
Where the water begins
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Olympus Tough
Floreana beach
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon rebel T5i
Charles Darwin Research Station
Procellariiformes
Albatross
CDRS
June 27, 2015
Olympus Tough
Specimens: frigate and owl
Charles Darwin Research Station
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
I highly endorse this mollusc
CDRS
June 27, 2015
Olympus Tough
Meanwhile, Craig is checking out the ingredient list.
Herbarium cactus
CDRS
June 27, 2015
Olympus Tough
Specimen
CDRS
June 27, 2015
Olympus Tough
Alas, poor Yorick
CDRS
June 27, 2015
Olympus Tough
Parque Nacional
Charles Darwin Research Station
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Darwin as a person of good metal
Charles Darwin Research Station
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Hurry up, Bob, the group is leaving.
Charles Darwin Research Station
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Puerto Ayora
The fish market
Puerto Ayora
June 27, 2015
The fish market
Puerto Ayora
June 27, 2015
Supplication
Sea lion
Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 27, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Vessels
M/V Santa Cruz
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
M/V Santa Cruz
Floreana, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Canon Rebel T5i
M/V Santa Cruz
M/V Santa Cruz
Baltra, Galápagos
June 29, 2015
From panga to ship
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Cheeeese
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Food
Soup
On board the M/V Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 24, 2015
Olympus Tough
Apparently the Ecuadorians are very fond of their soup.
When juices mix
On board the M/V Santa Cruz, Galápagos
June 24, 2015
Olympus Tough
Important crew member
M/V Santa Cruz
Baltra, Galápagos
June 29, 2015
Landscapes
Two islands
Isabela, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon rebel T5i
Island
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Floreana beach
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
A classic
Darwin lake, Isabela, Galápagos
June 26, 2015
Cave
Fernandina, Galápagos
June 25, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
The path ahead
Isabela, Galápagos
June 26, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Graffiti
Manutea
Graffiti
Isabela, Galápagos
June 26, 2015
Florida '75
Graffiti
Isabela, Galápagos
June 26, 2015
Canon 5DmarkII
Darwin 1836
Graffiti
Isabela, Galápagos
June 26, 2015
Canon 5DmarkII
Bob 1836
Graffiti
Isabela, Galápagos
June 26, 2015
Canon 5DmarkII
Misc
Tried to escape
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Zarek scrambles to retrieve the hat
Isabela, Galápagos
June 26, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Two children
Isabela, Galápagos
June 29, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Sustainable Galápagos
Isabela, Galápagos
June 29, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Clouds before the sun
Isabela, Galápagos
June 26, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
Leave only footprints
Floreana, Galápagos
June 28, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2
The Trip Itinerary - June 22 - 30, 2015
June 22, 2015 - Arrive in Quito from FLL on Tame Airlines
- Met at Airport and drive to hotel
- Taxi to Teleferico with Zarek
- Dinner in the hotel with Zarek
- Got a free taxi ride back to the hotel
- Head over to the park
- Go over first presentation with Zarek
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June 23, 2015 - Day in Quito
- Breakfast at hotel
- meet up with group,
- First Galápagos lecture
- City tour
- Cafe with Zarek
- Craft market
- Reception and dinner
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June 24, 2015, Wednesday - Arrive on Balta Island from Quito, transfer to M/V Santa Cruz
- 4:40 am bag pick up
- bus to airport
- Lan flight to Baltra with stop in Guayaquil
- Large moth on the plan
- First landing - North Seymour Island - Dry landing
- Muster drill
- Captain's reception
- 8:00 pm Dinner
- late night crossing of equator, cruise by Volcan Wolf
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June 25, 2015, Thursday - Isabela, Fernandina
- Breakfast
- Isabela boat trip
- Punta Vicente Roca - deep water snorkle
- Jumping off boat
- Landing on Fernandina - Punta Espinoza -
flightless cormorants, marine iguanas, sea turtle, sea lions, lava cactus, mangroves, whale skeleton
- 7:00 pm minitalk/recap - Pinnipeds
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June 26, 2015, Friday - Isabela
- Breakfast
- Zodiac excursion
- Tagus Cove - dry landing
- Deep water snorkeling
- Second Galápagos lecture
- Urbina Bay - wet landing
- Dinner
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June 27, 2015, Saturday - Santa Cruz, Puerto Ayora
- Charles Darwin Research Station
- Lava tube with owl
- Lunch in the highlands at Ramiro's place
- Walk around Puerto Ayora
- Glasses repaired
- Fish market
- Shopping
- Panga back to ship
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June 28, 2015, Sunday - Floreana
- Post office barrel
- Cave with Zarek and Edison
- Third Galápagos lecture
- Group picture
- Punta Cormorant - wet landing
- Closing dinner
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June 29, 2015, Monday - Balta
- Breakfast onboard ship
- disembark M/V Santa Cruz
- fly to Quito
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June 30, 2015 - Flight from Quito to FLL, layover in Guayaquil, Iguana part, Historical park
Family and staff
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Robert Siegel, Faculty leader
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Zarek Siegel
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Nancy Kraemer, Stanford Travel Study
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Kathleen Grey, Stanford Travel Study
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Young Explorer Leaders: Jamie Lawrence, Stuart Upfill-Brown, Jessica Talbert, and Lizzie Suiter
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Pilar Karch, Hotel Manager M/V Santa Cruz
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Ramiro Tomala Bravo, Expedition Leader
Lecture topics
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Sources of enchantment: the Galápagos in time and space
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Tales of enchantment: appreciating the natural history of the Galápagos
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The future of enchantment: Galápagos conservation and threats
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