40. Ecuador Adventures and Frogs – Santa Cruz, Balta

by Margot Fass | Jun 5, 2018 | Ecuador Adventures and Frogs, Frog Blog

Thursday, June 28th Mangrove Sunrise and Going Home                   Today we got up at 5:30 am for a dawn pre breakfast boat ride to Black Turtle Cove, to see the sunrise, mangroves, and maybe, some turtles.         Mangroves can provide fresh water for themselves...

39. Ecuador Adventures and Frogs – Genovesa

by Margot Fass | May 29, 2018 | Ecuador Adventures and Frogs, Frog Blog

Tuesday, June 27th A Motley Crew This morning’s hike was a dry landing at a flight of very steep rocky stairs, known as Prince Phillip’s Steps. We were greeted at the top by a mockingbird, singing a happy welcoming song. As daunting as it was to go up the staircase,...

38. Ecuador Adventures and Frogs – Santa Cruz/Santiago

by Margot Fass | May 22, 2018 | Ecuador Adventures and Frogs, Frog Blog

Monday, June 26th Life from Death At 1 o’clock from the white ship, there is a large flat rock  around which we later would swim.  Just below that, at 2:30 from the white ship, you can barely see a tiny little sliver of a boat with hairline masts.  That mere toothpick...

37. Ecuador Adventures and Frogs – Floreana Part II

by Margot Fass | May 15, 2018 | Ecuador Adventures and Frogs, Frog Blog

Sunday, June 25th Floreana Boobies Because of their incredible fecundity and destructiveness to the environment, 150 thousand non-native goats were shot from helicopters by a New Zealand company, which in turn made off with 10 million dollars for the job, or $70 per...

36. Ecuador Adventures and Frogs – Floreana Part I

by Margot Fass | May 8, 2018 | Ecuador Adventures and Frogs, Frog Blog

Friday, June 25th Odd Early Settlers. Floreana is known for its expansive white beaches,  and for flora (flores), such as this tree daisy, and other yellow (preferred by daytime carpenter bees) and white (favored by nighttime hawk moths) flowers. Floreana’s biggest...

35. Ecuador Adventures and Frogs – Española

by Margot Fass | May 1, 2018 | Ecuador Adventures and Frogs, Frog Blog

Saturday June 24th, Overboard with wet and dry landings. Every day we went snorkeling (wet landings, jumping or falling overboard from the Zodiacs) at least once, sometimes twice. The joys of floating quietly or swimming with or against the ebb and flow of sea life...