SEASCAPE INN.....outdoor adventure or peace and solitude...it's your vacation, you decide.
Our Bed and Breakfast Hotel is fortunate in that a portion of our property includes a natural wetlands. We have taken care to disturb it as little as possible. Mangrove Cay enjoys an abundance of both resident and migratory birds. Several species can be seen on the property or you can explore other parts of the island by bike or by hiking.
Osprey in flight
The Bahamas National Trust Ornithology Group stayed with us and here is a their report and a list of birds they saw:
Excerpts from The Bahamas National Trust
Ornithology GroupReport:
Mangrove Cay
April
On Saturday morning the group moved over the Mangrove Cay and stayed at Seascape Inn run by Joan & Mickey McGowan, tel 242.369.0342, www.seascapeinn.com which was very comfortable. There are extensive mangroves on the south end of the island, running northwards between the seashore and the road. The predominant mangrove is the Black Mangrove. The bird life in these wetlands was excellent, including Black-necked Stilts, Bahama Pintails, Blue-wing Teal, Glassy and White Ibis, several egret and heron species.
The road further west and up the hill parallel with the shore road provided some good forest birding. The north end of the island was not extensively explored but seemed less productive than the south end. After the main group had departed, Tom and Judy stayed an extra night and went west inland to the pine forest. The road is just south of Seascape Inn.
Mangrove Cay Saturday April 2 and Sunday April 3
Great Blue Heron 4
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 10
Little Blue Heron 9 (including 2 immature)
Tri-colored Heron 5
Reddish Egret 3
Cattle Egret 3
Green Heron 2
Yellow-crowned Night Heron 5 (includes 1 immature)
White Ibis 17 (includes 1 mature)
Glossy Ibis 3
White-cheeked Pintail 3
Blue-winged Teal 6
Turkey Vulture 26
American Kestrel 2
Clapper Rail 3 (includes 2 heard)
Black-bellied Plover 25
Wilson?s Plover 11
Black Necked Stilts 12
Greater Yellow legs 4
Willet 2
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Ruddy Turnstone 8
Laughing Gull 21
Royal Tern 3
White-crowned Pigeon 6
Eurasian Collared Dove 15
White Winged Dove 4
Mourning Dove 1
Common Ground Dove 11
Smooth billed Ani 10+
Cuban Emerald 1 (This bird was observed at Seascape Inn. No white was seen)
