Galapagos Photo Tour - Day 4 - Land iguanas and more

On our fourth day in the Galapagos, we visited Fernandina Island and Isabela Island (morning and evening) and spent some time in the water in between. I will be sharing the snorkeling photos soon, but not just yet. 

While making our way over to Fernandina Island, we saw many species of birds flying around us.  I captured this image of a low-flying Pelican as it flew along the coastline.

We also saw the Flightless cormorant birds for the first time. You can tell by the small wings, that these birds have, over many generations, lost their ability to fly. Amazingly enough, they swim very well and we saw many of them under water.

As always, we were greeted by many Sea lions.

While on Fernandina Island, this was our first really good sightings of the Land iguana. Unlike the Water iguana, these creatures are much more colorful and larger. This was one of the first Land iguana that we saw, so we all took turns getting down low to get a nice portrait of the face.

As we walked around, we came across numerous other Land iguana.

We all had fun photographing them at different angles.

It was fun to get down low with the Canon R5 Mark II and RF 100-500mm lens, to get right into their faces.

This one was in nice sunlight and even posed for us.

This was also the first time that we had seen the Giant tortoises since day 1 of the trip.

Towards the end of the day, as we pulled away from island, I saw these two birds sparring in the air. I loved the late-day sunlight on them and fired off a bunch of frames to see if I could capture them interacting. This was the best "peak of action" shot of the bunch.

After our multiple land visits and time in the water, it was time to head off towards our next destination. Before meeting for dinner, we all had a chance to relax on the boat. I was standing on the bow, when I noticed that we were joined by a bunch of Frigate birds. They were riding the air current of the boat and stayed with us until the sun set. I had all of my guests (minus one) who were in the air, get together for a group shot with out visitors.

Stay tuned for more from the Galapagos.

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