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  • Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) - male with inflated pouch<br />
Punta Cevallos, Española or Hood Island<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS  ECUADOR South America<br />
RANGE: They breed in the w, e and central Pacific and Revillagigedo, Cocos and Galapagos Islands. Also on Trindade Island, Martin Vaz Island and range to Brazil. In the w Indian Ocean on Aldabra and adjacent islands as well as Christmas Island. In the S. China Sea on Paracel Island.<br />
This is one of 2 species found in Galapagos. They have the largest wingspan-to-bodyweight ratio of any bird making them highly manoeuvrable and acrobatic. These seabirds range long distances to feed, scooping fish off the surface as they can not land at sea.
    1G6342 Great frigatebird male.jpg
  • Great frigatebirds (Fregata minor) scavenging scraps of Yellow-finned tuna (Thunnus albacares) which was being eaten by a  a Galapagos sealion (Zalophus wollebaeki)<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS  ECUADOR South America<br />
Breed on Genovesa (Tower), Seymour and San Cristobal Islands in the Galapagos.<br />
RANGE: They breed in the w, e and central Pacific and Revillagigedo, Cocos and Galapagos Islands. Also on Trindade Island, Martin Vaz Island and range to Brazil. In the w Indian Ocean on Aldabra and adjacent islands as well as Christmas Island. In the S. China Sea on Paracel Island.<br />
This is one of 2 species found in Galapagos. They have the largest wingspan-to-bodyweight ratio of any bird making them highly manoeuvrable and acrobatic. These seabirds range long distances to feed, scooping fish off the surface as they can not land at sea.
    GC321_Frigatebirds_scavenging.tif
  • Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) - male flying.<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS  ECUADOR South America<br />
Breed on Genovesa (Tower), Seymour and San Cristobal Islands in the Galapagos.<br />
RANGE: They breed in the w, e and central Pacific and Revillagigedo, Cocos and Galapagos Islands. Also on Trindade Island, Martin Vaz Island and range to Brazil. In the w Indian Ocean on Aldabra and adjacent islands as well as Christmas Island. In the S. China Sea on Paracel Island.<br />
This is one of 2 species found in Galapagos. They have the largest wingspan-to-bodyweight ratio of any bird making them highly manoeuvrable and acrobatic. These seabirds range long distances to feed, scooping fish off the surface as they can not land at sea.
    3G1620_Great_Frigatebird.tif
  • Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) - male with inflated pouch<br />
Punta Cevallos, Española or Hood Island<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS  ECUADOR South America<br />
RANGE: They breed in the w, e and central Pacific and Revillagigedo, Cocos and Galapagos Islands. Also on Trindade Island, Martin Vaz Island and range to Brazil. In the w Indian Ocean on Aldabra and adjacent islands as well as Christmas Island. In the S. China Sea on Paracel Island.<br />
This is one of 2 species found in Galapagos. They have the largest wingspan-to-bodyweight ratio of any bird making them highly manoeuvrable and acrobatic. These seabirds range long distances to feed, scooping fish off the surface as they can not land at sea.
    1G4667_Great_frigatebird_male.jpg
  • Great frigatebirds (Fregata minor) scavenging scraps of Yellow-finned tuna (Thunnus albacares) which was being eaten by a  a Galapagos sealion (Zalophus wollebaeki)<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS  ECUADOR South America<br />
Breed on Genovesa (Tower), Seymour and San Cristobal Islands in the Galapagos.<br />
RANGE: They breed in the w, e and central Pacific and Revillagigedo, Cocos and Galapagos Islands. Also on Trindade Island, Martin Vaz Island and range to Brazil. In the w Indian Ocean on Aldabra and adjacent islands as well as Christmas Island. In the S. China Sea on Paracel Island.<br />
This is one of 2 species found in Galapagos. They have the largest wingspan-to-bodyweight ratio of any bird making them highly manoeuvrable and acrobatic. These seabirds range long distances to feed, scooping fish off the surface as they can not land at sea.
    GC321 Frigatebirds scavenging.tif
  • Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) male with inflated pouch, Hood Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
    Minden_00427313.jpg
  • Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) on nest with chick, Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
    Minden_00452138.jpg
  • Galapagos Sea Lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) and Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) being fed fish guts from fisherman in market, Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
    Minden_00446628.jpg
  • Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) male with inflated pouch, Hood Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
    Minden_00427313.jpg
  • Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) eggs and chick, Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia
    Minden_00477545.jpg
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_217.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_169.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_130.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_111.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_105.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_100.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_26.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_25.tif
  • Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche carteri)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Indian_Yellow-nosed_Albatro...tif
  • Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche carteri)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Indian_Yellow-nosed_Albatro...tif
  • White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_White-chinned_Petrel_220.tif
  • White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_White-chinned_Petrel_171.tif
  • Spectacled Petrel (Procellaria conspiccillata)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Spectacled_Petrel_165.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_225.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_277.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_215.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_204.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_139.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_131.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_133.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_125.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_124.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_118.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_106.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_103.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_101.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_83.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_92.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_69.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_63.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_40.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_62.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_35.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_22.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_13.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) & Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_&_Black-browed_Albatros...tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_12.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_11.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) & Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
Juveniles<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_&_Black-browed_Albatros...tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) & Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
Juveniles<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_&_Black-browed_Albatros...tif
  • Sabine's gull (Xema sabini)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Sabine's_gull_211.tif
  • Northern Giant Petrel (Macronectes halli)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
Juveniles<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Northern_Giant_Petrel_208.tif
  • Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche carteri)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Indian_Yellow-nosed_Albatro...tif
  • Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche carteri)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Indian_Yellow-nosed_Albatro...tif
  • Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche carteri)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Indian_Yellow-nosed_Albatro...tif
  • Cory's Shearwater (Calonectis diomedea)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Cory's_Shearwater_7.tif
  • Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
Juvenile<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Black-browed_Albatross_49.tif
  • Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
Juvenile<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Black-browed_Albatross_288.tif
  • Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
Juvenile<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Black-browed_Albatross_287.tif
  • White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_White-chinned_Petrel_173.tif
  • Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Shy_Albatross_123.tif
  • Sabine's gull (Xema sabini)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Sabine's_gull_219.tif
  • Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross (Thalassarche carteri)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Indian_Yellow-nosed_Albatro...tif
  • Cory's Shearwater (Calonectis diomedea)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Cory's_Shearwater_4.tif
  • Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys)<br />
South of South Africa<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa<br />
Juvenile<br />
60 miles south of Gansbaai
    20181103_Black-browed_Albatross_212.tif
  • Brunnich's Guillemot & Scenery<br />
(Uria lomvia)<br />
Alkefjellet Bird cliffs<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180526_Brunnich's_Guillemot_&_Scen...TIF
  • Northern Fulmar<br />
(Fulmarus glacialis)<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Northern_Fulmar_971.TIF
  • Northern Fulmar<br />
(Fulmarus glacialis)<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Northern_Fulmar_911.TIF
  • Northern Fulmar<br />
(Fulmarus glacialis)<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Northern_Fulmar_899.TIF
  • Northern Fulmar<br />
(Fulmarus glacialis)<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Northern_Fulmar_794.TIF
  • Northern Fulmar<br />
(Fulmarus glacialis)<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Northern_Fulmar_788.TIF
  • Northern Fulmar<br />
(Fulmarus glacialis)<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Northern_Fulmar_787.TIF
  • Northern Fulmar<br />
(Fulmarus glacialis)<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Northern_Fulmar_740.TIF
  • Brunnich's Guillemot<br />
(Uria lomvia)<br />
Alkefjellet Bird cliffs<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Brunnich's_Guillemot_501.TIF
  • Brunnich's Guillemot<br />
(Uria lomvia)<br />
Alkefjellet Bird cliffs<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Brunnich's_Guillemot_390.TIF
  • Brunnich's Guillemot<br />
(Uria lomvia)<br />
Alkefjellet Bird cliffs<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Brunnich's_Guillemot_341.TIF
  • Brunnich's Guillemot<br />
(Uria lomvia)<br />
Alkefjellet Bird cliffs<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Brunnich's_Guillemot_316.TIF
  • Brunnich's Guillemot<br />
(Uria lomvia)<br />
Alkefjellet Bird cliffs<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Brunnich's_Guillemot_323.TIF
  • Brunnich's Guillemot<br />
(Uria lomvia)<br />
Alkefjellet Bird cliffs<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Brunnich's_Guillemot_8.TIF
  • Alkefjellet Bird cliffs<br />
Brunnich's Guillemot<br />
(Uria lomvia)<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Alkefjellet_Bird_cliffs_297.TIF
  • Alkefjellet Bird cliffs<br />
Brunnich's Guillemot<br />
(Uria lomvia)<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Alkefjellet_Bird_cliffs_287.TIF
  • Alkefjellet Bird cliffs<br />
Brunnich's Guillemot<br />
(Uria lomvia)<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Alkefjellet_Bird_cliffs_281.TIF
  • Alkefjellet Bird cliffs<br />
Brunnich's Guillemot<br />
(Uria lomvia)<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Alkefjellet_Bird_cliffs_153.TIF
  • Alkefjellet Bird cliffs<br />
Brunnich's Guillemot<br />
(Uria lomvia)<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Alkefjellet_Bird_cliffs_110.TIF
  • Alkefjellet Bird cliffs<br />
Brunnich's Guillemot<br />
(Uria lomvia)<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Alkefjellet_Bird_cliffs_55.TIF
  • Alkefjellet Bird cliffs<br />
Brunnich's Guillemot<br />
(Uria lomvia)<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Alkefjellet_Bird_cliffs_61.TIF
  • Alkefjellet Bird cliffs<br />
Brunnich's Guillemot<br />
(Uria lomvia)<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180522_Alkefjellet_Bird_cliffs_46.TIF
  • Little Auk<br />
(Alle alle)<br />
Spitsbergen<br />
Svalbard<br />
Norway<br />
Arctic Ocean
    20180520_Little_Auk_48.TIF
  • Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) <br />
Bartolome Island, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This is the only penguin to nest entirely within the tropics and in the case of those living on the northern tip of Isabela Island, the only penguins found in the northern hemisphere. They are the third smallest penguin in the world. They live in lava tubes and natural caves and crevices. The females lay one or two eggs and can breed more than once a year if conditions are optimal.<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
    3G2209_Galapagos_Penguin.tif
  • Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) <br />
Bartolome Island, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
This is the only penguin to nest entirely within the tropics and in the case of those living on the northern tip of Isabela Island, the only penguins found in the northern hemisphere. They are the third smallest penguin in the world. They live in lava tubes and natural caves and crevices. The females lay one or two eggs and can breed more than once a year if conditions are optimal.<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
    3G2199_Galapagos_Penguin.tif
  • Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) and Lava Cactus (Brachycereus nesioticus)<br />
Fernandina Island. Western Isles of Galapagos Islands<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
These are the largest of the world's 29 cormorant species and the only one that has lost the power of flight. They live very locally to the shores of Isabela and Fernandina Islands and although they can not fly still retain vestigial wings which help them to balance when jumping from rock to rock. As they do not produce much oil to waterproof their wings they must dry out their wings when they return to shore. Nests are constructed of seaweed, flotsam and jetsam and are never more than a few meters from shore. Usually up to 3 eggs are layed.<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS
    3G1612_Flightless_Cormorant.tif
  • Flightless Cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi) on nest with eggs<br />
Isabela Island. Western Isles of Galapagos Islands<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
These are the largest of the world's 29 cormorant species and the only one that has lost the power of flight. They live very locally to the shores of Isabela and Fernandina Islands and although they can not fly still retain vestigial wings which help them to balance when jumping from rock to rock. As they do not produce much oil to waterproof their wings they must dry out their wings when they return to shore. Nests are constructed of seaweed, flotsam and jetsam and are never more than a few meters from shore. Usually up to 3 eggs are layed.<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS
    3G0323_Flightless_Cormorant_&_Eggs_c...tif
  • Flightless Cormorants (Phalacrocorax harrisi)<br />
Fernandina Island. Western Isles of Galapagos Islands<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS
    3G0440_Flightless_Cormorants.tif
  • Brown Pelican in the street (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator)<br />
Puerta Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
These birds are relatives of the frigate birds. However they use their pouches for trapping water and with luck some fish. Brown pelicans are the smallest of the family and the only pelicans which are truly marine and also together with the Peruvian pelicans that plunge-dive to catch their food. They nest in scattered colonies throughout the archipelago. Breeding occurs in any month, although particular colonies are synchronised.
    2G2259_Brown_Pelicans_in_Road.tif
  • Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) <br />
Isabela Island. GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America
    1PL581_Magnificent_Frigatebird.tif
  • Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator)<br />
Puerto Ayora. Santa Cruz Island, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
These birds are relatives of the frigate birds. However they use their pouches for trapping water and with luck some fish. Brown pelicans are the smallest of the family and the only pelicans which are truly marine and also together with the Peruvian pelicans that plunge-dive to catch their food. They nest in scattered colonies throughout the archipelago. Breeding occurs in any month, although particular colonies are synchronised.
    1G8981_Brown_Pelican.tif
  • Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator) &  Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus galapagensis)<br />
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
The noddys have learnt to sit on the heads of the pelicans and scoop up small fish that leak out of the pelicans bill pouch.
    1G8369_Brown_Pelican_&_Brown_Noddy.tif
  • Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) & Brown Pelicans being fed fish guts from fisherman in fishmarket (Pelecanus occidentalis urinator)<br />
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
These birds are relatives of the frigate birds. However they use their pouches for trapping water and with luck some fish. Brown pelicans are the smallest of the family and the only pelicans which are truly marine and also together with the Peruvian pelicans that plunge-dive to catch their food. They nest in scattered colonies throughout the archipelago. Breeding occurs in any month, although particular colonies are synchronised.
    1G460_Sea_lion_&_Pelicans_in_fishmar...tif
  • Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) among Marine Iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) <br />
Punta Moreno, Isabela Island<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
ENDEMIC TO GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
    20161116_Galapagos_Penguin_&_marine_...tif
  • Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)<br />
Fish Market<br />
Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />
ECUADOR.  South America
    20161130_Brown_pelican_in_fish_marke...tif
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