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Field Notes: Giant or Japanese Yew
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Field Notes: Giant or Japanese Yew

This article was taken from our archives. It first appeared in the April 1954 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did originally.  Although the subject of these notes is not an old established Bermuda plant it is fitting at this time to bring the plant to the foreground. Isolated specimens of Podocarpus macrophyllus were planted in Bermuda 40 years ago, but it was not until 1948, when members of the Department of Agriculture were looking for…

December 20, 2022

Written by: Gordon R. Groves

Bermuda Beasts: Chick-of-the-Village
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Bermuda Beasts: Chick-of-the-Village

Bermuda is home to two endemic bird species: the Chick-of-the-Village (Vireo griseus Bermudianus) and the Bermuda Petrel or Cahow. Here are 6 facts on the lesser-known Chick-of-the-Village! 1. The Bermuda White-Eyed Vireo (Chick-of-the-Village) is a subspecies of the mainland White-Eyed…

December 19, 2022

Field Notes: Norfolk Island Pine
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Field Notes: Norfolk Island Pine

This article was taken from our archives. It was first published in the December 1954 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did originally.    The Norfolk Island Pine is probably the most luxuriant evergreen tree that…

December 13, 2022

Written by: Gordon Groves

Bermuda Beasts: Sally Lightfoot Crab
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Bermuda Beasts: Sally Lightfoot Crab

Sally Lightfoot crabs are brightly-coloured coastal scavengers, found on Bermudas rocky shoreline. It is quite common to see Sally Lightfoots scuttling along the rocks and sand in search of something to eat or to collect the discarded shells of moulting…

December 5, 2022

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Beleaguered Oceans, Fragile Seas

Dawn breathed a translucent light across the Bay of Fundy. It was the kind of light that had captured the imagination of America's renowned mid-nineteenth-century marine painter Fitz Henry Lane whose depictions of ships, bays and harbours were set within…

December 1, 2022

Written by: James Ziral

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The Winter Beachcomber’s Guide

When you think of Bermuda you think of sun and swimming and boating, but at the moment nobody wants to get their toes wet! In the winter months, it's easy to be stuck with nothing to do. Luckily, it's not…

November 29, 2022

Written by: Fae Sapsford