Friday, October 5, 2007

pictures of boobies!

Really cool turtle at Isla de la Plata, there was a whole swarm of them
Frigate birds, the poofy-chested red ones are guys showing off. The females have pink feet and the youngins have heads that look like snow balls.
A blue-footed boobie in the midst of a mating dance. They´re so ridiculous and akward, I love them, they literally walk as though they´re wearing scuba diving flippers when they´re doing their mating dance.
I think this is a great pic of the Nazca Boobies, which are also hilarious to watch.

I should note that the normal beach birds in Puerto Lopez are Pelicans and Turkey Vultures which are like Seagulls and Crows respectively but way way way bigger. It´s fun to watch the fishermen run their catch from the boat to the truck with like 30 or 40 of these gigantic birds diving at them... dangeous job!
Me! At a beach called Tortugita on the path to Frailles los Playes. There were really cool crabs here that could really leap from rock to rock.

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