We had an awesome day, as usual. The new species list is long; thehighlights are too many, therefore I have decided to let our very young guests to speak about today's experience.
"We walked toward a lagoon on Floreana and spotted six graceful, pink flamingos drinking and walking around looking for shrimp. I thought it was neat because the only time I've seen flamingos are in the zoo. I liked seeing them free and peaceful"
-- Emily Strasburg, 11 years old
"The yellow warbler seemed to be at ease among the various places we saw, while chirping."
-- Graham Day, 11 years old
"I was really amazed that we got a chance to see the flamingos even though it wasn't very likely we'd see them. I really enjoyed seeing them."
-- Ashley Strasburg, 13 years old
"I liked the blue-footed booby because it whistled weirdly."
-- Ian Day, 9 years old
"With a tiny splash a bird soars down under, to catch a fish for its meal. In a matter of seconds, it pops back up, the fish already gone. The blue-footed booby gracefully flies back into the air, and glides once again through the air."
-- Sarah Blanks, 11 years old
"Here we do not suffer from "warbler neck" problems, as they do in the United States where warblers are found only far up in high trees. In the Galapagos, yellow warblers can be either on the sand, or on trees or on cacti. They can be either on the coastal areas, or the arid zones or the humid highlands. They always add a bit of color to all of our visits. The bright yellow bird of the picture was my very highlight of today."
