Sunday morning we walked was through North Seymour Island which is known as a nesting ground for frigate birds. Frigate birds are famous for the bright red balloon that male frigates have at their throat, which they inflate to attract a mate. The highlights for me though, were the baby frigates and the land iguanas, which in my opinion, were so funny and non-threatening, reminded me of creatures that might have been created by the Jim Henson Muppet Studio.
Baby frigates were everywhere, some newborns sitting in the nest cozy under their parents, and some with permanent feathers filling in, sitting up and beginning to flap their wings and prepare for flight. They are quite large for babies and covered from head to toe with fluffy white down. They have goofy looking faces and seemed to enjoy posing for pictures. The land iguanas are quite large and if they weren’t moving would look quite a lot like big dinosaur figurines.
Baby frigates were everywhere, some newborns sitting in the nest cozy under their parents, and some with permanent feathers filling in, sitting up and beginning to flap their wings and prepare for flight. They are quite large for babies and covered from head to toe with fluffy white down. They have goofy looking faces and seemed to enjoy posing for pictures. The land iguanas are quite large and if they weren’t moving would look quite a lot like big dinosaur figurines.
After lunch we headed out snorkeling off the red sand beaches and rocky cliffs of Rabida Island and were lucky to see several schools of beautiful tropical fish, as well as a sea lions and a white tipped reef shark (there is some disagreement amongst the group as to the size of the shark, but it was probably around 5 feet long). We are snorkeling again today, and this time I am bringing a GoPro along!