Ballestas Island Bird Sanctuary, Peru, February 2001

Ballestas Island is located to the southeast of Lima, and is the habitat of many species of birds, along with seals.

To view a larger image, click on the picture you want to see. Return to this page by clicking on "Back".

The island, or rather the large island and many small islands jut out of the Pacific Ocean in the middle of nowhere. We were there in what was, from time to time, and place to place, dense fog. So dense, in fact, that the boat driver got lost on the way back, and had to ask another boat how to get home. Not confidence inspiring, exactly. Anyway, here are some pictures of the islands, the birds, and the seals.