Whale and Blue Footed Boobies Safari

After returning to Ecuador, we unpacked and packed and drove right away down to the coast. Stayed in small fishing village, Puerto Lopez. A full day trip out on the high seas (they were high in a 30 foot boat with 300HP outboards) to spot Humpback Whales, that are migrating past this stretch of coast every July and August. We spend some time on Isla Del Plata, (silver island, named after the grayish-whitish colour of all the guano), there were thousands of blue Footed Boobies, just getting ready for mating season , and totally unimpressed by humans. Big colonies of Frigate birds also, they can not dive as they have no oil in their feathers, so instead they scoop fish from the surface while flying.



In Africa or??



cross a hillside and lush green turns to bone dry

Siesta is a serious matter



Beach near Puerto Lopez, Pacific coast



Bringing in the cash at high tide



Taking off




Dancing Blue Footed Boobies, 1



 





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Serious mating rituals



Frigate colony



A beak to scare any fish



Green turtle

They do get all out the water




Migrating Humpback Whale

Massive creature



Look like African up-side-down tree (Baobab) here it is a Kapok