Latest posts
-
Galapagos Islands Endemics (Part 3 Non-birds)
An endemic Lava Lizard basking on an endemic Land Iguana
-
Galapagos Birding (Part 2)
If you read the previous blog, you know that Charles Darwin visited the Galapagos Island in 1835. During his five weeks there, the variety of mockingbirds, finches, endemic birds, reptiles, and plants captured his attention. These species all contributed to his development of the Theory of Evolution. While there, he collected specimens of the small
-
Galapagos Island Birding (Part 1)
This July, Eileen and I joined Wildside Nature Tours for 10 days on the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador. Located 700 miles from the coast of Ecuador, the bird list for all of the islands amounts to just 125 species. But are they ever special! In 1831, a 22-year-old Charles Darwin joined the HMS Beagle for