The female’s eyes are round and oh so beautiful!
Cormorants in the Galapagos have evolved to be flightless and do all their hunting underwater by swimming. They can no longer fly at all.
Galapagos female Flightless Cormorant
Category: Birds
Galapagos Blue Footed Boobie
The males do a dance where they show their feet. The darker blue the more handsome they are as it indicates good health.
Blue footed Boobie Mom with chick.
Galapagos Frigate family
Baby , mom, and dad.
Galapagos Frigate Bird flirting
The male frigate birds puff up their red pouches (which can stay inflated for days) to attract females. He hasn’t moved for a while. There is a spider web just in front of him.
Who will the female (second from left) choose?
Amazon-Lemon Throated Barbet
I call this “The Flamenco Dancer”. The way he kept throwing his one wing out while on the branch reminded me of a dancer throwing the bottom of her dress..
Amazon-They have Kingfishers too!
They are just as fast as they are here. I took one shot trying to pan and keep up with him. The other at 1/3200 of a second to try and catch him in flight.
Amazon-Woodpecker
This is the Amazon’s beautiful version of a woodpecker.