KOPPELQUESTS - Photo Gallery

4/23/2004

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During our dinghy ride exploring the cliffs of Genovesa Island.
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A fur sea lion (the other variety here) relaxing along the cliffs.
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A good shot of the Galapagos Explorer II
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These are called "sally lightfoot crabs" because they apparently can jump easily from rock to rock. We're not sure where the "Sally" part comes from - our naturalist guessed that this is the name of their discoverer - makes sense...
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Even the crabs are tame enough to let us get close shots!
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This was taken from the beach at Genovesa Island. It shows how the male frigate birds inflate their red pouches and try to attract females flying above.
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An interesting picture of a brown and a white red footed booby who are mating. The white version of this species represents only 5% of the total population.
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A white red footed booby.
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