Rabida has a lot of iron in the soil, so it is bright red.
Kerri tried to build a red sandcastle, but the sand wasn’t very good.
There were a lot of ghost crabs on the beach.
They disappear
and hide in their holes when anyone comes close.
They did not seem to like getting wet.
Especially when the water came right up to his eye stocks.
This is an oystercatcher.
They are very funny looking.
Especially when their mouths are open.
This is a dead starfish.
This is the leaf of a black mangrove. It is sweating out the salt it takes in from the ocean water.
These are its fruit.
They had a bit more rain here, so the incense trees were starting to get leaves.
Soon the whole island will be green. Unfortunately we won’t be around to see it.
They also had flowers. They only flower for a couple of days, so we were very lucky to see them.
This was the first cactus finch we saw that was actually on a cactus.
This is a cactus bud that has not yet opened.
This is a lava heron.
This is a vermillion flycatcher.
It would not hold still for very long to get a good picture.
There were many lava lizards. Here they have a more red colour. This one was missing his tail.
Many of the males were fighting for dominance. They poof out their neck pouches.
And do pushups on the ground.
After they will chase each other and fight, usually head to tail. However after they fight for a while they have to take a break because otherwise they will overheat.
There were some females watching, but they didn’t seem to interested.
