It was as cool, dark, and windy as predicted this morning in Estabrook Park, but birds are on the move, so there were plenty to see. We started with only one other wildlife walker willing to brave the weather, but we picked up a second on our way to the pond, and boy were thingsContinue reading “A foreshadowing of the fall…”
Monthly Archives: September 2026
A little more Guayaquil…
I made it home safely this afternoon about 4:30pm, and the first thing I noticed is that you must have forgotten to pay the bill for heat. Yikes! Fall is here? Anyway, my sister Deb, had a much later flight today so she got to go back to the linear park in Guayaquil and seeContinue reading “A little more Guayaquil…”
Guayaquil!
Deb and I flew off of San Cristobal late this morning and arrived safely back on the mainland in Guayaquil, Ecuador late this afternoon. We did have a couple of hours to look around on the island one more time before we left, and we saw plenty of new best friends, but we didn’t seeContinue reading “Guayaquil!”
One last look around…
Today, finally, is an R&R day with no scheduled activities, so I got to have a nap this afternoon and write this post while it’s still light outside. Woo hoo! Deb and I took the morning to visit a beach on the south side of the island and a few miles from town: Playa Loberia.Continue reading “One last look around…”
A heck of a lot more than a three-hour tour…
Today most of the group, including Deb and me, took a boat tour of various snorkeling and nesting sites around the island. At the first stop, not far from Puerto Baquerizo Moreno harbor, where we started, everyone hopped into the water to check out the fish, but there were plenty of birds swirling around inContinue reading “A heck of a lot more than a three-hour tour…”
A quip too witty for my sleepy brain…
It was a big last day at the vet clinic today, and I am both thrilled to have had the opportunity to participate and thrilled that that part of the trip is finished. Tomorrow we’re going on a boat ride around the island to see what there is to see. Before we get out ofContinue reading “A quip too witty for my sleepy brain…”
Just coasting in the archipelago…
It was a long day at the clinic, but I have a few pictures saved up from previous days to show you some today. First up, we have a ruddy turnstone, which we’ve also seen on McKinley Beach in Milwaukee. As with the semipalmated plover and the American oystercatchers I’ve already shown you, however theContinue reading “Just coasting in the archipelago…”
Wow! The tortoises sure are huge here…
Today was the first day of working at the WorldVets clinic here in town, and my job was cleaning the surgical instruments after use, packing them up into specific kits, and sterilizing those kits in an autoclave. It was a long day and we did our best to help reduce the number of feral animalsContinue reading “Wow! The tortoises sure are huge here…”
More from San Cristóbal Island…
As promised, we have blue-footed boobies here, and this one is on break from fishing in the harbor. I was tempted to make a booby joke, but I’ve opted not to stoop so low, for once. Less flashy, perhaps, but no less surprising in appearance is the lava gull (Leucophaeus fuliginosus), which are almost theContinue reading “More from San Cristóbal Island…”
Greetings from the Galapagos!
Deb and I did both arrive safely on San Cristóbal Island in the Galapagos archipelago this morning, though my trip was less stressful than Deb’s. She had a seven-hour delay in Fort Lauderdale yesterday, but we had built enough buffer into our schedule to absorb that, thank goodness. Once we arrived, we got right toContinue reading “Greetings from the Galapagos!”
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 