[Leica] Galapagos Continued

[photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com (Philippe)]

Yet another very attractive series Jayanand :-)

Love the blue of the bird?s flippers.

And the light in the first one is WOW !!! Plus the fact that the pelican 
does look like some prehistoric creature, so Alice says too.

The penguins are SO cute :-)

the brown/grey have some brownish cast on the feet, on my monitor at least.


Thanks for sharing the beauties of wildlife

Amities

Philippe



> Le 5 f?vr. 2019 ? 17:23, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <lug at 
> leica-users.org> a ?crit :
> 
> After giving everyone a bit of a break, I am continuing my Galapagos
> photographs, with a set of birds.
> 
> We start with the Brown Pelican, which stays close to shore, so it is
> relatively easy to photograph:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181126-3488.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181126-3493.jpg.html
> 
> There are three species of Booby found on the Galapagos, the Blue-footed,
> Red-footed and Nazca. They coexist quite happily, as they feed at different
> parts of the ocean - the Blue-footed close to the shore, the Nazca between
> the islands and the Red-footed far out to sea. The legendary mating dance
> is of the Blue-footed Booby, but the only one I saw, if one can call it
> that, was in the undergrowth, some distance away:
> 
> Blue-footed Booby:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181128-5005.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181128-5455.jpg.html
> 
> Red-footed Booby:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181130-6829b.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181130-6710.jpg.html
> 
> Nazca Booby
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181128-5062.jpg.html
> 
> Some other birds include the Swallow-tailed Gull
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181125-3356.jpg.html
> 
> Galapagos Brown Noddy Tern (why brown beats me - they look grey to my 
> eyes!)
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181127-4205.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181127-4211.jpg.html
> 
> Last but not the least, a penguin on the equator, the Galapagos Penguin,
> related to the Magellanic penguins. They are not too numerous, and their
> habitat is a narrow stretch between Fernandina and Isabella Island where
> the water is appreciably cooler. What really sets them apart, I think, is
> that they do not live in large, raucous colonies, but in compact family
> group of 4-5 birds:
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181127-4400.jpg.html
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Galapagos/Galapagos/Galapagos-20181127-4418.jpg.html
> 
> Please see LARGE
> 
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
> 
> Cheers
> Jayanand
> 
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