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A large lagoon, with many wading birds,
just off the shore is the main attraction
of this visitor site. |
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A school of golden colored mustard rays surface near the beach. |
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In the lagoons flamingos
feed by immersing their heads into the water.
Their strangely curved bill is
then level to the ground
and they swing it side to side and thus filter in
water, which is then expelled
again, leaving small
crustaceans and insects behind. |
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Young flamingos are still more whitish and lacking the pink.
This intensive coloring
of the adult is obtained
and maintained by their
favorite food staple of shrimps |
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A tern flies low over the water in search of smaller fish.
They often are seen close to pelicans feeding on scraps left behind.
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In the sparse vegetation surrounding the lagoon,
yellow warblers and flycatcher can be observed,
both birds not being endemic and also found on the South American
continent. |
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The beach opposite the landing where sea turtles, rays and many
sea birds can be observed. Although the name of this
visitor site is Punta Cormorant, no cormorants are encountered here. |
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There are some 1000 insects in the archipelago,
relatively very few considering their usual large numbers on the
continent. The cause is probably the difficulty for
them to cross long open water stretches. |
 
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Devil's Crown is an old and eroded volcano, almost submerged with
only the top cone still sticking out. On the outside many tropical fish and small sharks can be seen whereas
in the shallow inside, starfish and urchins abound. |
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Some of the starfish
which can be seen on the bottom of the shallow and warm water.
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