Monday, July 5, 2010

what happens now...


cape st. mary's ecological reserve was every bit as impressive and awe inspiring as i remember it being from my first visit 15 years ago. but this time there was a new sense oof urgency and sadness. the northern gannets who have been nesting there for hundreds of years (the waters were once teaming with capelin), winter in the gulf of mexico. what will happen to them now? it's not expected that they will return next year. there will be murres and razorbills and kiittiwakes. but the gannets who cover the cliffs (their soft yellow and white feathers the colour of lightly toasted marshmallows) will be missing.

3 comments:

Shammickite said...

I hope with all my heart that it won't be as bad as that.
I've visited St Mary's Ecological Reserve amny times and never fail to be impressed, what a marvellous view (and smell!)

Julie said...

Anyone with some intelligence can figure out that all that oil day after day, will certainly be headed towards Sable Island, the Flemish Cap, the Grand Banks and yes, NL.

There is already oil sheen on the waters around Cuba. Once in the Atlantic, we are all in trouble!

Taos Sunflower said...

More heartbreak. I hope it doesn't end up being that bad, and that they continue to return each year.