Frigate birds

It takes a few hours in the morning for them to puff up their chests. Then they sit there with their wings spread trying to attract a female. They are known as pirates, because when the boobies come back from fishing, up to 20 miles offshore, the frigate birds peck the boobies chest forcing the boobie to regurgitate the fish which the frigate bird then steals. Poor, poor boobies.....

Nazcar Lines, Lima and Galapagos

September 17th 2006
Am back home now!! Well, until the first week in October anyway......... Here's my last installment of South America, covering the last bit of Peru (Nazca for the famous Nazca lines, and Lima) after which I flew to Quito in Ecuador. Quito is where you fly to Galapagos from, and also where I was flying back to England from. Had such a great time in South America, it was quite a wrench to ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Galápagos

The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more

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