![]() Sulphur-crested Cockatoos are often seen here in the high trees, attracted to the area by captive parrots, macaws and cockatoos close by at Ardastra Gardens. To find the most birds, explore the entire garden for the Bahama Woodstar, Loggerhead Kingbird, Cuban Pewee, La Sagra’s Flycatcher, Thick-billed Vireo, Bahama Mockingbird, Red-legged Thrush, Western Spinadalis, Bananaquit, Black-faced and Cuban Grassquits and many migrating and wintering warblers in fall through early spring. Once a rock quarry, the Botanic Garden is now an 18 acre, cultivated garden with trails, terraces and stonework. Western side of Nassau, on Chippingham Road, south of West Bay Street and near Ardastra Gardens and Conservation Centre. Also on New Providence is the Caribbean Dove, introduced from Jamaica. This bird feeds happily from seed feeders, which is a good place to find it. New Providence is the only island in the Bahamas where the Cuban Grassquit is found, an introduced Cuban endemic. The Bahama Woodstar is the only endemic present on this island and is usually easy to find. Some of the sites on New Providence are difficult to locate. Be advised that this book was published in 1998 and since then the road system around the town has been changed. Many of the sites are accessible only by vehicle, so consider engaging a birding guide, or use A Birder’s Guide to the Bahama Islands by Anthony White and rent a self-drive vehicle. ![]() It is cruise ship friendly with plenty of amenities, hotels, golf courses and gardens. Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refugeįor such a small island, New Providence supports the second-most Bahamian as well as Caribbean specialty birds after Abaco.Nalga de Maco National Park, Río Limpio.Los Arroyos, Sierra de Bahoruco National Park.Los Haitises National Park: Los Limones.Ecological Foundation Trail, Punta Cana.Del Este National Park: Padre Nuestro Trail.Jarabacoa with Armando Bermúdez and José del Carmen Ramírez National Parks.
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