Flying Booby 3 Galapagos Islands

by Joan Carroll

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Flying Booby 3 Galapagos Islands

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Joan Carroll

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Photograph - Photography And Digital Art

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The beach near Wizard Hill on San Cristobel Island in the Galapagos (Ecuador) was a really fun place to watch blue footed boobies plunge diving. They circle overhead until they spot their prey, then they fold their wings and dive headfirst into the water, impacting at speeds of more than 20 m/s (~45 mph). To take off from the water they flap their wings and ‘run’ on the water’s surface. Try as I might, I never did catch them right before they entered the water. But I was able to photograph them as they got airborne again for the next plunge dive! We spent nearly an hour trying and trying again and never seemed to tire of it. Wizard Hill beach or Cerro Brujo, is an eroded hill on San Cristobal’s northwestern tip with one of the most picturesque beaches in the Galapagos. This white-sand, almost powder beach is filled with sea lions, pelicans, and boobies, and provides a great view of the island of Kicker Rock in the distance.

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FEATURED PHOTO, USA Photographers Only group, 9/30/22

FEATURED PHOTO, PIXELS Promotion group, 4/16/22

FEATURED PHOTO, Birds In Focus group, 4/16/22

FEATURED PHOTO, Birds In Flight group, 3/6/22

FEATURED PHOTO, Animal Photographs group, 3/4/22

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March 4th, 2022

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