Separated from the rest of the archipelago by deep waters, Genovesa is a place of oustanding beauty, conquered only by the avian world. No terrestrial reptiles or mammals have ever made it here, but their absence is more than made up for by the thousands of birds all around us. They are on the ground, in the trees and circling above our heads. Completely indifferent to our passage among them, we are allowed a unique insight into their world, their behavior, and the relationships between them. What better way to to teach one's children about the wonders of the natural world than to be surrounded by it? The look of wonder on everyone's face watching this tender moment between a great frigatebird chick and its father was a wonderful testimony to this.