Espanola Island
Where else in the world can you get this close to the wildlife? I am sure you can count such places on the fingers of a single hand, and Galápagos is one of them. And what better proof than this photo, where one of our guests practically had to duck to leave some space for the top predator of the Galápagos terrestrial food chain to fly through! The Galápagos hawk can eat any of the species of these islands. They eat mockingbirds, finches, iguanas; however none of them ever really care about the hawk presence. Why care if there are so few hawks and so many possible prey options? The total population of Galápagos hawks is just 600 pairs!
Espanola has a few pairs, and to see this one is a true highlight. So close and so fearless! But we also saw albatrosses courting, colorful marine iguanas, breeding Nazca boobies and curious mockingbirds. To top the day we saw marine turtles, eagle rays, sting rays and sea lions while we snorkeled around Turtle Rock in the afternoon.
Where else in the world can you get this close to the wildlife? I am sure you can count such places on the fingers of a single hand, and Galápagos is one of them. And what better proof than this photo, where one of our guests practically had to duck to leave some space for the top predator of the Galápagos terrestrial food chain to fly through! The Galápagos hawk can eat any of the species of these islands. They eat mockingbirds, finches, iguanas; however none of them ever really care about the hawk presence. Why care if there are so few hawks and so many possible prey options? The total population of Galápagos hawks is just 600 pairs!
Espanola has a few pairs, and to see this one is a true highlight. So close and so fearless! But we also saw albatrosses courting, colorful marine iguanas, breeding Nazca boobies and curious mockingbirds. To top the day we saw marine turtles, eagle rays, sting rays and sea lions while we snorkeled around Turtle Rock in the afternoon.
