Puerto Grande and Isla Lobos in the Galapagos, Ecuador

Other pages from our visit to Ecuador: Cotapaxi, Flowers, Guayaquil, Isabela, Los Tuneles, Otovalo, Quito, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, Sierra Negra

It was an overcast day with the wind quartering from behind us which made paddling difficult.
Some fishermen cleaning their catch attracted seagulls.

Along the way

The Yellow Warblers we saw here were very comfortable with us.

Finches.  These may be Small Ground Finches or Sharp Beaked Ground Finches
 
Frigate Birds

Brown Pelicans

Sea lions were common on the beach by our camp.


Camp was set up when we arrived.

We took a boat out to Wolf Island.
There are several fissures through the island that provide a  relatively safe place for  snorkeling.

This Green Sea Turtle was one of the first animals we encountered.

Here is a spotted eagle ray and green sea turtle we saw moments later.



Here are a few of the sharks from that trip.
Nearly all of these are white tip sharks.
We also saw black tip (you may be able to see them in this video) and silky sharks, sorry none of those in this video.

While we were at Wolf Island swimming with the sharks and enjoying the turtles and rays this sea lion checked up on us.



Later we were snorkeling nearer our camp.
We met up with some playful sea lions. You can see they (lions or group) show no fear.


Occasionally you will just be swimming along minding your own business and something like this happens.



A mother sea lion and her pup playing near our campground


Our captain let Silverpaw pilot the boat on the return trip.

This sea lion didn't want us to go up the ramp when we got back to port.
There was another one under the ramp as well.


Other pages from our visit to Ecuador: Cotapaxi, Flowers, Guayaquil, Isabela, Los Tuneles, Otovalo, Quito, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, Sierra Negra

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