Last night was a bit of a bumpy ride as we motored during the
dark to a remote island with a large bird population. In fact, I think
Pepe says the largest booby colony on earth. We wake up in a crescent
shaped volcanic caldera - water over a thousand feet deep with cliff
walls all around. After breakfast we land on a small sandy beach for a
walk and close looks at the birds. I've always heard that the animals on
the Galapagos have no fear of humans, and the walk is like a tour of
someone's house. It's possible to walk right up to nesting birds without
interfering in their activities, and spend time watching their
behavior. Red footed boobies perch in trees - odd to see with their
webbed feet. And they are really red. Yellow-crowned night herons,
magnificent frigate birds, red billed tropicbirds, swallow-tailed gulls,
and Nazca boobies - you've got to love the names. The
snorkel dive later is along the cliff face that plunges into the water
and continues down. The water is a little cloudy, but the setting is
wild and the water is warm. Sea lions slip into the water from the rocks
on the cliff and swim with us. 
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