Today is New Year’s Eve, and we started our day by visiting an island with large seabird nesting colonies. North Seymour is home of the largest magnificent frigatebird colony in the Galapagos, and today we walked amongst these incredible creatures! Blue-footed boobies displayed their amazing blue feet, and land iguanas were found in large numbers. The afternoon took us to one of the few red sand beaches in the world, where flamingos and sea lions were the highlight.
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- 31 Dec 2024
North Seymour and Rabida Islands, 12/31/2023, National Geographic Endeavour II
- Aboard the National Geographic Endeavour II
- Galápagos
Adriana Aguirre, Naturalist
Adriana was born in Guayaquil , the largest city in Ecuador, on the Pacific coast . When she was only a year old, her parents moved to Galapagos where her father captain ed a small bay - tour boat. She returned to the mainland to finish school, but t...
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