{"id":584,"date":"2017-05-30T17:33:11","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T17:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galakiwi.com\/blog\/?p=584"},"modified":"2019-11-26T22:30:08","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T22:30:08","slug":"inca-tern-in-the-galapagos-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.galakiwi.com\/blog\/inca-tern-in-the-galapagos-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Inca Tern in the Galapagos Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not long ago we had a surprise visitor in the Galapagos Islands.<\/p>\n

Walking down by the tourist pier, we couldn’t help but notice a number of Galapagos Naturalist Guides were quite excited about something. They were walking up and down the pier, with their phones and cameras out taking pictures.<\/p>\n

\"Inca<\/p>\n

Now, that is a normal thing for travelers to do – as they see sea lions, marine iguanas, pelicans, blue-footed boobies and sally light-foot crabs around the pier. But guides are usually very laid back – it takes something special for them to get excited like this.<\/p>\n

As it turns out a very pretty bird had made its way to the pier in Puerto Baquerizo Moreno. It was an Inca Tern.<\/p>\n

Usually limited to coastal areas of Chile and Peru, it is a very rare visitor to Ecuador – let alone the Galapagos Islands! It was the first time any of the Galapagos Naturalist Guides had seen it in the islands, so everyone was quick to get a photo and document this rare site.<\/p>\n

\"Inca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not long ago we had a surprise visitor in the Galapagos Islands. Walking down by the tourist pier, we couldn’t help but notice a number of Galapagos Naturalist Guides were quite excited about something. They were walking up and down the pier, with their phones and cameras out taking pictures. Now, that is a normal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-galapagos-wildlife"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t