North Seymour Day 3 March 9th
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Looking toward South Seymour (Baltra) from North SeymourDay-3-Seymour-Norte-and-Santiago-Island23.8.jpg
Tour Guide Angelica and r to l Mom and I, Bob and Sue Feldman, Ed WhiteNorth Seymour
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Iguana by a CactusNorth Seymour
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Land IguanaNorth Seymour
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Dead CactusNorth Seymour
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Dead CactusNorth Seymour
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Dead CactusNorth Seymour
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Galapagos DoveNorth Seymour
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Nest of the Galapagos DoveNorth Seymour
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Death of the Iguana from Old AgeNorth Seymour
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Death of the Iguana from Old AgeNorth Seymour
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FrigateMother and Chick in a Nest
North Seymour
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Blue Footed BoobyNorth Seymour
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Blue Footed BoobyNorth Seymour
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Blue Footed Booby Scratching His or Her EarNorth Seymour
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Blue Footed Booby Mating DanceSan Cristobal
Courtesy Jorge Pigann
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Beautiful Blue Footed Booby Nest with Radiating Decoration created from ExcrementSan Cristobal Courtesy Jorge Pigann
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Blue Footed Booby Nest with Radiating Decoration created from ExcrementSan Cristobal Courtesy Jorge Pigann
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Blue Footed Booby in Her Ground Nest with Her Two Eggs. Note that the Nest is Surrounded (and Decorated) by Bird ExcrementNorth Seymour
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Blue Footed Booby in Her Ground Nest with Her Two EggsNorth Seymour
Courtesy Jorge Pigann
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Blue Footed Boobies. Mother and ChildNorth Seymour
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Blue Footed Booby about to take FlightNorth Seymour
Courtesy Jorge Pigann
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Male and Female Land IguanasNorth Seymour
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Male and Female Land IguanasNorth Seymour
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Male IguanaNorth Seymour
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Female Land IguanaNorth Seymour
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Male Approaching Female Land IguanaNorth Seymour
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Female Galapagos Lava LizardNorth Seymour Island
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SesuviumDepending on the season, the sesuvium ground vegetation changes its colour from intense green in the rainy season to orange and purple in the dry season. It is seen near the shore of islands.
North Seymour Flora and Fauna
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Land IguanaNorth Seymour
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Land IguanaNorth Seymour
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Sea LionNorth Seymour
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Sea LionNorth Seymour
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Mating Dance of the Blue Footed BoobiesNorth Seymour Island
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Mating Dance of the Blue Footed BoobiesNorth Seymour Island
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Mating Dance of the Blue Footed BoobiesNorth Seymour Island
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Mating Dance of the Blue Footed BoobiesNorth Seymour Island
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Walk Along the ShoreNorth Seymour
Courtesy Jorge Pigann
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Walk Along the ShoreNorth Seymour
Courtesy Jorge Pigann
Sullivan Bay, Santiago
North Seymour is a small up-lifted island close to Baltra filled with a spectacular profusion of wildlife above and below the water’s surface. The Magnificent Frigatebird is an opportunistic breeder and at any month of the year one may see males displaying their bright-red gular pouch to attract females.
Galápagos sea lions snooze in the sand. Blue-footed Boobies perform their courtship dance called ‘sky-pointing’. Marine iguanas and Galapagos land iguanas patrol the beach, while Brown Pelicans and Brown Noddies look for food in the shallow coastal waters. Walk through this spectacular landscape and afterwards take the opportunity to go snorkelling-perhaps even spotting the impressive whitetip reef shark.
Witness the marks Nature has left on the islands through its geological forces. At Sullivan Bay we will see lava flows dating back to 1897. Here the very high temperature of the molten material, as well as its gas content, had caused the surface to be quite smooth. The appearance this lava has is almost like frail rope and the technical term for it is pahoehoe (a Hawaiian name that suggests the swirls left behind by a paddle (hoe) in the water). Since the lava has not moved equally in all places, the design of the surface
texture induces one to see different objects and images in the lava.
Back at the sandy beach you might want to get ready for snorkelling. Apart from rays in the shallows, turtles are quite fond of the beaches and come there to lay their eggs.
North Seymour (Spanish: Isla Seymour Norte) is a small island near Baltra Island in the Galápagos Islands.[1] It was formed by uplift of a submarine lava formation. The whole island is covered with low, bushy vegetation.[2]
The island is named after an English nobleman, Lord Hugh Seymour. North Seymour Island has an area of 1.9 square kilometres (0.73 sq mi) and a maximum altitude of 28 metres (92 ft). This island is home to a large population of blue-footed boobies (TCV experience)
and swallow-tailed gulls.
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It hosts one of the largest populations of magnificent frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens)
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Female
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and a slow growing population of the Galápagos land iguanas (Conolophus subcristatus).
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North Seymour has a visitor trail approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) in length crossing the inland of the island and exploring the rocky coast.
The stock for the captive breeding program of the Galápagos land iguana is descended from iguanas which Captain G. Allan Hancock translocated from nearby Baltra Island to North Seymour Island in the 1930s. This was very important because Baltra Island had a U.S airbase on it during World War II, while North Seymour, which has no people who live on it, and is only viewable today with an official guide who works for the Galápagos National Park.
North Seymour was created by seismic uplift, rather than being of volcanic origin. The island has a flat profile with cliffs only a few meters from the shoreline, where swallowtail gulls and tropicbirds sit perched in ledges.
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A tiny forest of silver-grey Palo Santo trees stand just above the landing, usually without leaves, waiting for rain to bring them into bloom.
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North Seymour is an extraordinary place for breeding birds, and is home to one of the largest populations of nesting blue-footed boobies and magnificent frigate birds. Pairs of blue-footed boobies can be seen conducting their mating ritual as they offer each other gifts, whistle and honk, stretch their necks towards the sky, spread their wings, and dance?showing off their bright blue feet. Magnificent frigatebirds perch in low bushes, near the boobies, while watching over their large chicks. The frigates are huge, dark aerobats with a 90-inch (2.3 m) wingspan. Male frigates can puff up their scarlet throat sacks to resemble giant red balloons. Boobies and frigates have an interesting relationship. Boobies are excellent hunters and fish in flocks. The frigates by comparison are pirates, they dive bomb the boobies to force them to drop their prey. Then, the aerobatic frigate swoops down and picks up the food before it hits the water.