A beautiful view of the ocean with two Kelp Gulls (Larus dominicanus) cleaving across the sky.
The question is, will our children see this in the future?
We took a short walk along the beach today and I will show you a few different seabirds that we saw on the walk. It is so wonderful to have one's feet massaged by the soft white sand and to listen to the music of the sea.
But today I want to talk about something else.
This Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) was also doing his normal hunting for fish in the shallows.
An African Oyster Catcher (Haematopus moquini) was peeping at us from the rocks.
A great sight of a flock of gulls that came flying past us.
I got this one in the flock on the zoom.
But now the question, will our children see this?
Two junior Kelp Gulls here and the one has pulled a plastic bag out of the sea.
He was inspecting it to see if he could eat it.
And if we continue to poison the sea, will our children's children see this?
No, they will not as the birds will all be dead.
No, methinks not, especially if we continue to curse the ocean with plastic litter. We have found a few seabirds now that were sick and some of them died. I think that we could only save one out of four or five.
Yes, we can say that as individuals we can do nothing, but each of us can join up with one of the sea cleaning Non Profits, such as "Greenpeace", "Surfrider Foundation", "Oceana", "The Blue", "5 Gyres", "Take 3" and I am sure that there are many more. There is also the "Sea Shepherd Conservation Society"!
You don't have to give them money, but you can help to make their voices stronger to protect the oceans.
Please think about it, as this madness has got to stop for the sake of all of our futures.
And That's All Friends!
Note: All photos are my own and taken today with a Canon SX60HS Bridge camera.
We hope that you liked the pictures and please think about this matter.
