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Blue Footed Boobies
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Very graceful in flight
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They look a bit strange close up with their very blue feet.
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There must have been hundreds!
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A marine Iguana
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They look a bit ugly as Darwin first described them.
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A lone Flamingo
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A grey Heron
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Baby Sea Lions and Sally Lightfoot crabs
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The Sally Lightfoot crab
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A Galapagos Gull
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The marine Iguana
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The male Land Iguana
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There were lots of these small lizards
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A cactus plant and a Finch enjoying the flower.
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A female land Iguana
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A male with his female companions.
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Susan relaxing at a cliff with lots of birds and marine iguana.
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A Frigate bird
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Another male Land Iguana
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A happy couple!
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Frigate birds flying in front of Daphne.
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A Susan bird ready for snorkelling!
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Sue from Camomile with lots of Sea Lions
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A baby Sea Lion
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A Mocking bird
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These are either 2 locusts (Susan) or 2 grass hoppers (David) mating
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A red marine Iguana from Espanola
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Lots of marine Iguanas
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Showing the male and female.
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Nasa Booby.
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A loving pair.
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Lots of Nasa Boobies
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A baby Nasa Booby
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The Blow Hole on Espanola at Punta Suarez.
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Spot the multitude of Red Iguanas
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A Galapagos Hawk
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A Galapagos Dove
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Sometimes the cruise boats gather at a popular location.
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Galapagos Penguins on Floreana, the second smallest penguin in the world.
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Anchored off a nice beach.
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Post Office Bay on Floreana
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Gathering at the post office
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Posting our cards.
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The post box with Charlie our naturalist guide looking on.
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The entrance to the lava tunnel
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The tunnel goes all the way down to the sea.
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Post office bay
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Another Galapagos Penguin
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A Pelican drying it's wings
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A Flamingo at Floreana
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A group of flamingos
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One drying it's wings
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An almost perfect reflection
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Can't remember what this one is!
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A beautifull bay with a beach made from grinned coral to look like flower and feels like velvet.
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Some pregnant turtles waiting to go ashore to lay their eggs
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Stingrays
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A very large stingray
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One of the green sea turtles
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Pete not caring that his trousers are under water!
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Another Penguin
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Trying out a Giant Tortoise Shell for size
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Giant Tortoise in the wild
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This is a mid size Giant Tortoise.
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It's not often you actually see them moving.
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Keeping cool in the water
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A lava tunnel on Santa Cruz - it looks man made.
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