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| From Ecuador |
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We landed at Punta Suarez on Espanola Island for an "arduous" hike of 1.75 miles. It was probably arduous for my five year old nephew but it was an easy walk with awesome wildlife sighting opportunities for me. There was wildlife everywhere. We saw marine iguanas and sea lions immediately. In fact you need to watch where you walk to ensure that you didn't accidentally walk on one. I was so excited to see an iguana swim. Iguanas are generally thought of as land animals. These found more food in the water and are the only iguana with a marine based food source. Other iguanas may swim to cross a river but these actively enter the water to eat algae. We also saw finches, warblers and mocking birds. As we walked further into the island we viewed the waved albatross. The waved albatross has a large body and is a great flyer but it has difficulty taking off. Generally it must jump off a cliff to take flight. I didn't see any doing this. Instead they were sitting on eggs or doing mating dances where they clicked beaks. Further along we stopped along some high cliffs where a bunch of marine iguanas were hanging out. They must be awesome climbers to get from the water to up there. There were some amazing blowholes a little farther on.
Later in the day we went snorkeling at Gardner Islet. We saw some huge schools of fish. When we snorkeled into a cave were were surprised by sea lions swimming with us. They cruised by at lightening speeds.
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