Be"leaf" me, It is in there!! Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

BermudaIslandGeocach: There is to much follage from the hurricane to search for the cache...
so I will archive it.. and when it gets cleaned up... will put out a new cache

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Hidden : 2/4/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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One of the most peaceful parks in Bermuda... A must see.

If your taking the bus you will take Route #7 OR #8. There is lots of parking.

It is hard to believe that on densely populated and heavily developed Bermuda, you can still find places away from the noise and bustle of the modern age - and imagine that you are in age where modern traffic and roads do not exist. Hog Bay Park is just such a place - one of Bermuda's newest additions to its national park service.

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It consists of 32.23 acres of unspoilt and almost completely undeveloped rural countryside in the southern area of Sandy's Parish. The Park is bounded to the west by sea and to the east by Middle Road. Wreck Road properties form its northern boundary while Woodlawn Road is on its southern edge. The land is typical of what much of Bermuda looked like prior to the housing boom of the 1960's to 1980's.It is comprised of large tracts of land previously owned by three different estates. The Bermuda Government purchased the Fordham Estate in 1986, and James and Mayor Estates in 1990, for a total of $7.925 million. Historically a rural area of varied land-use (open space, agricultural land, farm dwellings and mature woodlands), these estates, unlike most of the remainder of Bermuda, have managed to retain their inherited single-family ownership and the lack of sub-dividing the land into developable tracts.

Hog Bay Park ranks high among the best birding locations in Bermuda, with well over 120 species being recorded in recent years. Its large size, underdeveloped nature and mix of habitats, including fields, copses, thickets, mature woodland and coastline, attract a wide range of bird species. These have included, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Orchard Oriole, Clay-coloured Sparrow, Painted Bunting, Purple Finch and Rough-legged Hawk. During the winter period and spring and fall migrations, Spotted Sandpipers, Great Blue and Yellow-Crowned Night Herons are often seen along the coast. The woodlands and thickets are host to a large rang of warblers, orioles, tanagers and other land birds. Fallow fields can contain large flocks and Bobolinks and Blue Grosbeaks and the skies can be patrolled by the likes of Peregrine Falcons, Merlins and Chimney Swifts.

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