Photos by Doreen Hiltz
My new, old friend Doreen Hiltz recently sent me two photos from trips she took in 2019 to the Galapagos Islands and the Haida Gwaii/Queen Charlotte Islands of B.C. The photo above is of a Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) in the Galapagos Islands, while the photo below is of a Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) in the Haida Gwaii/Queen Charlottes. The two photos were taken 5 months, and 7,104 kms. apart in the Pacific Ocean. Doreen mentioned that some people call the Haida Gwaii the "Galapagos of the North". My only connection to the Pacific Ocean was in 1960 on an errant ferryboat ride from the City of Vancouver across to Nanaimo, B.C. and an immediate free ride back to the port of Vancouver, before heading up the west coast of the province's mainland ... just one of a few misadventures on a youthful hitchhiking trip across Canada.
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