Darwin Bay, Part III

The density, diversity, and disinterest of the wildlife were definitely the hallmarks of our short walk along the shore of Darwin Bay. Two months later, I'm still stunned by how much we saw in such a short time and small space.

I didn't realize it yet, but "sleeping" would be the default state of most of the sea lions we saw in the islands.

How tired do you have to be to have sand on your mouth and not care?

I have never seen a more dejected-looking bird than this young Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron.

A small lagoon had a Common Whiptail Stingray lazily swimming along its sandy bottom.

The aforementioned lagoon: likely postcard material with the right lighting and clouds.

This Great Frigatebird chick looks like it knows something I don't.  I find that unsettling.

Dabbling in a little high-contrast black-and-white.

And a little more.

Unlike the earlier chick who appeared smugly satisfied with itself, this one looks slightly squished by its undoubtedly well-meaning mother.

I love the light and gentle expression on this Great Frigatebird.  I wish I had bumped up the ISO and slowed down the shutter speed to get a greater depth of field so a little more of the shot was in focus.

And that, finally, is all the selects from our time in Darwin Bay.  Three blog posts' worth of shots taken in less than hour!  And we still had 4 1/2 more days to spend in this amazing place!! 

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