“You hear it long before you see them,” says Jen Jones of the Galapagos Conservation Trust ... nesting grounds for the Magnificent frigate bird, also called pirate birds.

In fact, the region is home to 45 types of marine birds and 22 land birds you won't see anywhere else (think: Galapagos penguins ... including frigate birds, pelicans, and blue-footed boobies ...