Great Inagua unlike any other Bahamian island is a naturalist paradise where rare birds, reptiles, and wild animals thrive in the thousands. The Bahamas National Trust has leased 287 square miles of land in the center of Great Inagua Island. One of the National Trust’s greatest accomplishments is the saving of the nearly extinct West Indian Flamingo. The largest flock of flamingoes in the Western Hemisphere (80,000 flamingoes) resides in Lake Windsor, the biggest lake in the Bahamas.
Programs were innovated to prevent the extinction of the Green Turtle, White Crowned Pigeon and the Bahama Parrot. The park is a natural habitat for a diversity of birds: Pelicans, Roseate, Spoonbills, Blue Herons, West Indian Tree Ducks, Humming Birds, and the Reddish Egret. The Union Creek on the north coast is populated with various types of turtles such as the Green, Loggerhead and Hawksbill Turtle. There are two full time wardens who can arrange a tour of the National Park. The names of the present wardens are Henry Nixon and Randolph Burrows.
Wild animals roaming the interior of Great Inagua include donkeys and wild hogs, introduced to the island by the French in 1749, cows, goats, and cats formerly domesticated animals that went wild. The smallest lizard, the spaherodacytlus is also a habitat of the Inaguas.
Wild animals roaming the interior of Great Inagua include donkeys and wild hogs, introduced to the island by the French in 1749, cows, goats, and cats formerly domesticated animals that went wild. The smallest lizard, the spaherodacytlus is also a habitat of the Inaguas.
