These two days were full of activities, with both teams
going to EG and AB, as well as doing doing observational transects through the
research station and through town.
Our transect through town allowed us to not only observe
birds and their behaviour, but also other critters such as the marine iguanas.
The marine iguanas, like the other animals on the Galápagos, pay no mind to us
humans with our cameras. We took the opportunity to photograph some of the
iguanas that had decided to try and catch some warmth on the path leading up to
the research station.
Photographing marine iguanas who don't really mind us
Pelican hangin' in a mangrove
While we were doing the transect, we found a small ground
finch nest in town near the fish market that had some nestlings in it. The
parents kept a watchful eye as we quickly took a peek at the nestlings before
we quickly moved on our way.
Field work is quite hard, and we do keep the team well fed,
but small luxuries such as a nice latté are hard to come by at the field
station. We took a brief break in town from the transect for some lattés, but I
made sure to keep the volunteers busy collecting data as they enjoyed their
coffees.
We took our observations through the Kioskos, where we often
eat dinner. It was no surprise to find many finches munching on the crumbs and
other human food left on tables (albeit very briefly!) and on the street.
Kisokos looks very different when it is full of hungry
diners!
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