KOPPELQUESTS - Photo Gallery 4/23/2004

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Our first view of Frigate birds today on Genovesa Island. This is a happy couple - there were many more pictures to come later...	The birds were all very easy to see because the trees on Genovesa Island are waiting for rain. This landscape was very different from the green vegetation that we saw yesterday on Espinola Island.	A young nazca booby, still sitting on its nest.	Genovesa Island is mostly volcanic rock, and has a desolate feeling similar to what Darwin described
David enjoyed being our supplemental photographer today. Many of these shots show how close you can come to the birds.		Two nazca boobies doing part of their mating ritual.
This shot also shows the trail that we walked on today along the coast.	Waiting for that perfect picture!	Our first close-up of a male frigate bird - there were still many more to come!	A juvenile nazca booby.