We are anticipating the arrival of Tropical Storm Bertha later today (Friday) - the breeze has dropped completely (read “disappeared”) and it’s all very quiet and still. So my question is where do the birds and other creatures go?
A few birds are tweeting and one or two might fly by as I sit outside on my deck, but where will they go for shelter? I know that they know where is the safe place to be, because things in nature know that instinctively, but I want to know too.
Living on a small island like Barbados they can’t exactly just fly to another island that’s outside of the range of the storm. Insects and frogs and lizards will just hunker down under rocks and in cracks and crevices that provide shelter. The monkeys probably go into caves and places like that. But where do the birds go? I shall keep watch this afternoon to see if I notice anything that offers a clue.
Update - TS Bertha missed us, so I still don’t know the answer.
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