Galapagos Mockingbird

The mocking bird mocks ironically

Most people think of Darwin and Birds in relation to Darwin’s Finches. Unless, of course, you’ve heard a bit more about Darwin than the first-order mythology we tend to attach […]

Boobies on Tower

Since you probably know that a booby is a bird in the genus Sula, it might help to point out that Tower is a small desert island in the far […]

Tidepooling in the Galapagos

You never know what you’ll find just poking along. The bulk of our morning of Day 5 in the Galapagos was a delightful walk out the lava “bench” inland from […]

Darwin’s Mocking-Thrushes

The Mockingbirds of the Galápagos I’m just back from my week in the Galápagos Islands onboard the marine yacht Integrity. With great weather, an exceptionally hard-working crew, Richard Polatty as […]