The crazy thing about the animals in the Galapagos is that they are not afraid of humans at all. There are Sea Lions everywhere-lounging on chairs at the beach, on benches by the port, and lying in the middle of parking lots. They rule the roost here. If you get too close they belch at you and basically you move around them without disturbing their daylong nap. The birds too, they get ridiculously close to you to the point that you could probably catch them with your hands. It's like a zoo anywhere in town where there is food.
Here are photos from the third day of the cruise, when we visited Bachas Beach and Cerro Dragon in northern Santa Cruz. Even though we had already been on the island earlier, we needed to go with a guide to these sites.
Sea turtles copulating in the ocean as
we ride to the shore of Bachas Beach, on Santa Cruz
Island.
Great Blue Heron looking for it's next catch along the coast of Bachas Beach.
A Flamingo and Silt feeding in a salt
lagoon near Cerro Dragon, on the northern coast of Santa Cruz.
An ancient Prickly-pear Cactus grows tall
on northern Santa Cruz, providing much needed source of water and
food for finches and many birds.
Endemic Galapagos Mockingbird which feed off
the fruit of the Prickly-pear Cactus.
A Pelican glides in the sky above us searching for it's next meal.
A Pelican glides in the sky above us searching for it's next meal.
Vibrant male land iguanas relax in the sun, easily camouflaging in the surrounding environment of dry grasses and brush during the dry season.
Red-beaked American Flycatcher near the shore of Cerro Dragon as the sunsets on Santa Cruz Island.
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