The latest Audubon magazine has three pieces on the future of the Galapagos’ unique habitat and birdlife…in the face of climate change. You can click here to read those articles.
If you want to see the Galapagos as they are now, PIB has a variety of trips to both the islands and to the rich birding locales on the Ecuadoran mainland. You can click here to read about the Ecuador/Galapagos trips we offer.
Some photos from a recent PIB trip to the islands.
The birds, from top to bottom: Lava Gull, Lava Heron, Wilson’s Plover. Blue-footed Booby, Brown Pelican with his outboard motor, Vermilion Flycatcher. Elliot’s Storm-Petrels.
And a couple of endemics:
Make that three endemics” Dove, Mockingbird and Penguin. The latter loves to swim around with snorklers, even slow-moving hominids with plastic faces on.
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