Galapagos Day 7

Up at 7:00 for breakfast, then a hike on South Plaza Island. Once again, this island is very different, very beautiful. Saw Galapagos shearwaters soaring, large colourful Galapagos land iguanas, and loser male sea lion colonies. A male sea lion has a harem of females, and other male sea lions try and fight to become the dominant male of the harem. If they lose the fight, they retreat to here to recuperate and try again another day.After lunch, Sante Fe Island. Snorkelled in the bay, the water was very cold, but very clear, good snorkelling. There were sea lions playing with Rafael, jumping out of the water, right over him. There was also a male sea lion swimming around, right by me. He was HUGE!!!!! And scary, when he looked at me, I just had to back away, it was pretty frightening. Snorkelled with a turtle as well.Later in the afternoon, did a hike on the island, more sea lions, yellow land iguanas, Galapagos snakes, Galapagos doves, mockingbirds. Also saw a black bird walking through the shrub. I asked our guide about it, he said it was impossible, there are no black birds on this island. Evan (Aussie guy) saw it too. Our guide took out his picture guide book and showed us a picture of an ani (and introduced bird species), and it looked like it could've been it. He said it's bad news if the ani is on this island, as it's very destructive to other bird species. He was concerned.Coming back to the boat on the dinghy, we saw rays and a shark and lots of turtles.Afer supper we had a dance party again.Before going to bed, I watched a sea lion swim around our boat, then back to our wooden dinghy, take a look inside, then he jumped up into the dinghy and fell asleep inside. Haha.