Darwin Bay, Part II

Our nature walk along the shore of Darwin Bay was short, but the area was wonderfully dense with birds.  Like, to the extent that Disney would do if they were in charge.

This juvenile Nazca Booby looked a little old to still be begging for food, but begging it was.

And the adult responded!  It seemed like the young one was about to get a nice meal...

... PLOT TWIST!!!  A Magnificent Frigatebird had other ideas, flying in and snatching away the fish!

Needless to say, the Boobies were a bit perplexed and somewhat annoyed by this unexpected turn of events.

So the pair moved along, but the younger was still begging because, well, it hadn't actually gotten the fish it had expected.

Took a nice, close look, too.

I love the silent observer in the background, too.  But I don't know if there was any more fish to be had.

The finches in the Galápagos were what inspired Darwin to come up with his theory of natural selection.  Here we saw our first, a Small Ground Finch.

These Red-footed Boobies seemed content to just watch the world go on around them.

Small birds like this Galápagos Yellow Warbler were comfortable getting much closer to people than I'm accustomed to.

And a much-appreciated break in the clouds late in the afternoon cast a wonderful light on the small birds, too.

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