South Plaza - Birds

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Mike and Liz Downing
Sat 24 Apr 2010 17:24
![]() Until now we had only seen blue-footed boobies in
small numbers, but here a large flock was feeding
along
the rocks, moving like a swarm of bees and diving
like gannets.
![]() We tend to take pelicans for granted as they've
been around most of the time we've been in the
tropics.
![]() My favourite tropical bird - tropic birds. They
are so graceful and unlike anything else. We have
seen
them very rarely. This and the following pictures
are the red-billed tropic bird which is only found in
the Galapagos islands.
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Swallow-tailed gull - the only nocturnal feeding
gull - is only found in Galapagos
![]() The yellow warbler - above and
below
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