Photos: Spittal Pond Nature Reserve
Today [Feb 2] is World Wetlands Day, and we take a look at the Spittal Pond Nature Reserve, one of the most well known wetlands areas in Bermuda.
The Bermuda Tourism Authority [BTA] website describes the area by saying, “Visit one of the island’s largest and most untouched open spaces to spot numerous resident and migrating birds, as well as plants like Bermuda Cedar, olivewoods and spice trees.
“Spittal Pond Nature Reserve encompasses 64 acres of wetlands along the South Shore, with winding walking trails throughout. Interesting sights include the Checkerboard, an unusual limestone formation with a distinct pattern of cracks where whalers used to haul out their catch, and Portuguese Rock, where an inscription [now replaced with a bronze casting] is thought to be the oldest evidence of humans on the island.”
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Lovely photos taken on a Bermuda-ful day!
I agree, Kim.
Thank you Bernews
RIRDS.
The elimination of a species .
When a Bermuda house sparrow wakes up looking for his beautiful hen with song and in celebration with the hope that the morning would bring another great the day .
Most that likely he went to sleep the night before, hungry.
HUNGER in my oppinion is a fate worse that death
What is the difference between house sparrow a pigeon .
A long tail who only visit Bermuda for a few weeks of a year?
Where a pigeon who is a battle tank of the bird / animal kingdom .
The pigeon wakes up with the pangs of hunger they also including many of their friends may never see the end of the day.
There is a person in the employ of one of the govetrnment department who has a silent gun for the sole purpose of shooting pigeons what a horrible way to die where many get a second slug in sympathy .
For the past 50 year odd or more ,i see pigeons including a few black birds flying during the evening from allboys point up near the lighthouse looking for king Henries dumpster .
The number are getting less even though the hurricane season is over when they get blown out to sea never to return being lost at sea to a watery grave ..
I imagine some may have died a horrible death in quick pain and or debilitating agony back to the nest with the mild sound of the gun ringing in their ears.
Is this killing nessesary ,Is there any reason those birds can not be encouraged to spent time at Spittal Pond Nature reserve it is not as if we don’t to have food . Bernmuda throws away more food that it eats.