courtesy of: The Morning News
Recently we discovered an island of birds in front of the Valero Aruba Refinery, something rather unique in the world.
The government is now charged with the responsibility for finding a way to protect these colonies of birds, especially the Bubi (as they are called here) birds.
Bird expert Greg Peterson and Professor Adrian Del Nevo who is also a bird expert, and an expert on the conservation of bird habitats, invited the Aruba Ministers to visit the islands in front of the refinery in San Nicolas to get a first hand view of the bird haven there. Professor Del Nevo revealed that there are about ten different species of birds living together in the same area. This is very unique, because there is no other place in the world where this occurs according to Del Nevo.
He urged the government to take the necessary steps to protect these birds from those who, for example, will want to take away the eggs from the bird nests. Taking away eggs from their nests always disrupts the birds’ habitat.
The islands are now being protected by employees of Valero who prevent people from coming close to the area and from taking away the eggs. Perhaps, as was suggested, the area could be placed under surveillance by PARK Rangers of the Parke National Arikok who are well equipped to care for the island where the birds are. Or perhaps they can implement a Marine Park. In any case, each possibility will need to be carefully studied.
Because of the rather unique population of birds, unique to Aruba, we are compelled to take the necessary steps to move quickly to conserve the area. They placed a ring on the feet of several of the birds to monitor their movements.
