Are your boobies blue?

Beautiful day at Puerto Lopez. We took the boat at 9:30 to Isla de Plata. The ride took about an hour on rolling seas but the weather was beautiful and no one got sick. Once on the island we did about a two mile hike up to the cliffs. Once up there we saw many nesting blue footed boobies and chicks. The island is a national park now but years ago people did live on it. They had goats and cats but when the island was taken over by the government they were removed because the cats ate the birds and the goats ate the vegetation. Now the greatest threat to the birds are rats.......they eat the eggs. The park rangers have many traps out on the island to poison the rats. The hike was hot and the land very arid. When we returned to the boat, we were surrounded by sea turtles that wanted lunch. We fed them watermelon and pineapple. We went snorkeling off the boat and the water felt great. We could see some brightly colored fish but for the most part the visibility wasn't that great. It was a perfect day to be on the water. Got back about 3:30. We leave tomorrow and we'll start working our way back to Quito

Alas I did not spot an albatross.