Galapagos Animals Trip Report- June, 2012

June 2012- Quito, Galapagos- Ecuador

Places visited:

Quito, Ecuador

Antisana Volcano/Ecological Reserve, outside Quito

Galapagos Islands: San Cristobal, Bartolome, Santa Cruz, Santiago, Baltra, North Seymore, Mosquera, Chines Hat, Rabida, Baltra

BIRDS- Galapagos

Red Billed Tropic Bird

Brown Pelican

Galapagos Penguin

Audubons Shearwater

Dark Rumped Petrel

Galapagos Petrel

Elliot's Storm Petrel

Wedge Rumped Storm Petrel

Blue Footed Booby

Masked/Nazca Booby

Great Frigatebird

Magnificent Frigatebird

White Cheeked Pintail

Greater Flamingo

Cattle Egret

Yellow Crowed Night Heron

Lava Heron

Great Blue Heron

Galapagos Hawk

Sanderling

Whimbrel

American Oystercatcher

Black Necked Stilt

Ruddy Turnstone

Semipalmated Plover

Lava Gull

Swallow Tailed Gull

Brown Noddy

Galapagos Dove

Smooth Billed Ani

Galapagos Flycatcher

Yellow Warbler

Chatham Mockingbird

Galapagos Mockingbird

Small, Medium and Large Ground Finch

Small, Medium Tree Finch

Warbler Finch

Cactus Finch

BIRDS- Quito

Sparkling Violet Ear (hummingbird)

BIRDS- Antisana Nature Reserve- outside Quito, elevations 13,000-14,500 feet

Cinclodes

Caracara

Andean Condor (8 flying, on nesting)

White Buzzard Eagle

Andean Gull

Andean lapwing

Andean Ruddy Duck

Andean Coot

Andean Dove

American Kestrel

MAMMALS- Galapagos

Galapagos Sea Lion

Fur Sea Lion

SHARKS- Galapagos

Galapagos Shark

White Tipped Reef Shark

Black Tipped Shark

REPTILES- Galapagos

Lava Lizards

Galapagos Land Iguana

Marine Iguana

Galapagos Giant Tortoise (dome and saddle backed, incl. Lonely George)

Sea Turtle

RAYS- Galapagos

Manta Ray

Diamond Ray

Marble Ray

Spotted Tiger Eagle

FISH, etc.- Snorkeling, Galapagos

Sea Cucumber (sp. unknown)

Chocolate Chip Starfish

Blue Starfish

Red Starfish

Razoe Surgeonfish

Blue Chinned Parrot Fish

Baracuda

Heiroglyph Hogfish

Mexican Hogfish

Kind Angelfish, etc....