The essence of the Galapagos Islands — a Darwin’s finch atop a marine iguana. There are fifteen different species of Darwin’s finches, and they were instrumental in the development of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. This particular bird is called a medium ground finch — not to be confused with the small or the large ground finch. All three ground finches (and for that matter all Darwin’s finches) are roughly the same size. The difference is in the beak — each beak having evolved in a slightly different manner thanks to the different food sources on the different islands. Likewise, as I mentioned in an earlier post, the iguanas are also slightly different depending upon which island they inhabit. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/10 at 1/320th of a second
What great pic. the right place at the right time, this bird is getting his free lunch, and helping the iguga stay clean of all parsite and bug, so the igunga donest mind the bird being their, great pic. thanks again.
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Talk about in the right place at the right time…great photo! What did the iguana face look like…did he even feel the presence of the bird?
What great pic. the right place at the right time, this bird is getting his free lunch, and helping the iguga stay clean of all parsite and bug, so the igunga donest mind the bird being their, great pic. thanks again.
Nice!
Not even a slight sign of self-importance in that finch. More impressed by the scales and spine of that iguana.