Where better to begin than the Boobies? In order, here are the red-footed, blue-footed and masked varieties.

Notice the webbed talons for branch gripping.

Don't they make a cute couple?

The local mockingbird is quite a scavenger with an outstanding sense of nearby fresh water. Here one tries to get into a bottle left by our guide.

Floreana Island is home to a colony of flamingoes. This young one walked right up to us.

The Galapagos is also home to the worlds northernmost native penguins, some even slipping above the Equator. The ones there are smaller than their Antarctic cousins.