Protective Mother

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Protective Mother
A swallow-tailed gull protecting its chick from invading snorkelers.

Suan Hsi Yong > Galápagos, Ecuador 2007 > Swallow-Tailed Gulls [7/9]

Highlights: Condensed Tour (40 pix); Extended Highlights (61 pix)
Downloads: Group photo at Bartolomé (249 kb); Wallpaper: shells and pencil urchins (330 kb)
Links: Cath's Underwater Pictures
Day-by-Day Highlights: Day 0: Forests of Pichincha (27 pix); Day 1: Baltra, Santa Cruz (31 pix); Day 2: Santa Cruz (32 pix); Day 3: Española (41 pix); Day 4: Floreana (17 pix); Day 5: Isabela and Fernandina (83 pix); Day 6: Santiago and Bartolomé (56 pix); Day 7: Genovesa (70 pix); Day 8: North Seymour, Baltra (24 pix); Back to Civilization: Quito (15 pix)
Butterflies: Butterfly Highlights (17 pix); Hesperiidae (Skippers) (8 pix); Satyridae (10 pix); Heliconidae (Galapagos Silver Fritillary) (16 pix); Miscellaneous (10 pix)
Birds: Blue-Footed Boobies (39 pix); Flamingos (10 pix); Flightless Cormorants (20 pix); Flightless Cormorant Eating Iguana (16 pix); Frigatebirds (41 pix); Frigatebird Laying an Egg (5 pix); Galapagos Hawk (7 pix); Hummingbirds (Bellavista) (10 pix); Nazca Boobies (26 pix); Penguins (6 pix); Red-Billed Tropicbird (12 pix); Red-Footed Boobies (24 pix); Short-Eared Owls (6 pix); Swallow-Tailed Gulls; Miscellaneous (28 pix)
Other Fauna: Dolphins (7 pix); Humans (97 pix); Land Iguanas (9 pix); Marine Iguanas (58 pix); Sea Lions and Fur Seals (41 pix); Tortoises (13 pix); Turtles (16 pix)

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