EaVae Posted May 27, 2020 Report Share Posted May 27, 2020 Hello! Taking my Mom on her first cruise in April 2021 (hopefully ). She is an advid birder. Anyone know of a tour or nature preserve that is good for birding in Nassau? Thanks in advance! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ1231 Posted May 28, 2020 Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 I'm an amateur/avid birder and tried to hook up with a woman in Nassau that used to take folks birding. She was not available when I was there in February but here's what she sent me and I did see a few lifers in Nassau. I've listed the birds that you could see, with some suggestions of where you could go.: White-cheeked Pintail Least Grebe Smooth-billed Ani Mangrove Cuckoo Bahama Woodstar Limpkin Neotropic Cormorant Cuban Pewee La Sagra's Flycatcher Loggerhead Kingbird Thick-billed Vireo Bahama Mockingbird Red-legged Thrush Western Spindalis Painted Bunting Bananaquit Greater Antillean Bullfinch Cuban Grassquit Black-faced Grassquit You might consider visiting the Retreat Gardens on Village Road, east of the town, which is an 11 acre botanical garden where you should find some local birds and migrant warblers.. Ardastra Gardens west of the town is also a good spot. This is a low key zoo and conservation centre which attracts wild birds. There you would probably find the White-cheeked Pintail and there is an injured West Indian Whistling Duck there also, they are not in captivity. There's also a pond on Paradise Island at Lakeview Drive east of Comfort Suites, you can take a water taxi over to the island from the cruise ship docks. Pick up a Bahamas Trailblazers map as you come ashore to find where to go. Buses run in both directions. If you use ebird, you can see what people are finding in those locations. KristiZ, PRebecca and WAAAYTOOO 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EaVae Posted May 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2020 27 minutes ago, KJ1231 said: I'm an amateur/avid birder and tried to hook up with a woman in Nassau that used to take folks birding. She was not available when I was there in February but here's what she sent me and I did see a few lifers in Nassau. I've listed the birds that you could see, with some suggestions of where you could go.: White-cheeked Pintail Least Grebe Smooth-billed Ani Mangrove Cuckoo Bahama Woodstar Limpkin Neotropic Cormorant Cuban Pewee La Sagra's Flycatcher Loggerhead Kingbird Thick-billed Vireo Bahama Mockingbird Red-legged Thrush Western Spindalis Painted Bunting Bananaquit Greater Antillean Bullfinch Cuban Grassquit Black-faced Grassquit You might consider visiting the Retreat Gardens on Village Road, east of the town, which is an 11 acre botanical garden where you should find some local birds and migrant warblers.. Ardastra Gardens west of the town is also a good spot. This is a low key zoo and conservation centre which attracts wild birds. There you would probably find the White-cheeked Pintail and there is an injured West Indian Whistling Duck there also, they are not in captivity. There's also a pond on Paradise Island at Lakeview Drive east of Comfort Suites, you can take a water taxi over to the island from the cruise ship docks. Pick up a Bahamas Trailblazers map as you come ashore to find where to go. Buses run in both directions. If you use ebird, you can see what people are finding in those locations. This is awesome! Thank you! I think I found the same lady (there seems to be only one (!?) on tripadvisor, but her website has been shut down. Thank you so much for the information!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 Every time I've had a cruise that goes to Nassau there's been a birding excursion listed in the Cruise Planner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EaVae Posted June 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2020 On 6/3/2020 at 11:22 AM, SpeedNoodles said: Every time I've had a cruise that goes to Nassau there's been a birding excursion listed in the Cruise Planner. Thank you, I will keep an eye out! Fingers crossed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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