Pigeon Point is a northward-pointing peninsula northeast of Crown Point Airport consists of stunningly beautiful white beaches set against a background of coconut palms. Just landward, cabanas give way to a mangrove swamp that rings Bon Accord Lagoon. The wetlands that encircle Bon Accord Lagoon provide a rare habitat in Tobago.

Species found here include: Pied-billed Grebe, Osprey, Rufous-vented Chachalaca, Black-bellied
(Grey) Plover, American Golden-Plover, migrant North American sandpipers. Eared and White-tipped
Doves, Mangrove Cuckoo, White-tailed Nightjar, Ruby-topaz Hummingbird, Copper-rumped Hummingbird, Barred Antshrike, White-fringed Antwren, Brown-crested Flycatcher, Gray Kingbird, Caribbean Martin, Bare-eyed Thrush, Scrub Greenlet, migrant North American warblers. Black-faced Grassquit, and surprisingly musical Shiny Cowbirds.
To reach Pigeon Point, turn right at the airport's main exit onto Milford Road, passing a red-and-white radio tower on the left. At 1.0 km follow the arrow on the blue-and-white sign to Pigeon Point. Drive straight ahead towards the Caribbean. This slight indentation in the western coast is called Store Bay. Follow the road around a curve to the right. At 2-1 km turn right at the sign 'Fisherman's Row' and park your car.

Bear right at the Y-junction at 3.4 km. The road degenerates here and becomes rutted and primitive but still driveable. At 3-6 km turn right at an obscure Y; a left turn here goes to the beach instead of into mangroves. If the lane is muddy, park at 3.9 km and walk into the oconut/mangrove swamp; otherwise drive on a bit farther and park.

Looking back to Pigeon Point - From the Windhole

The lane winds through open mangrove woodlands for the next 0.5 km. Red mangroves dominate the wamp, with white mangroves on the southern edge- Abundant here are Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Copper-rumped Hummingbird, Ruby-topaz Hummingbird, Brown-crested Flycatcher, Gray Kingbird, Barred Antshrike, and Shiny Cowbird.
Try pishing and whistling the call of the Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl to attract any migrants from
Trinidad or South America that may be on the island. It may also be worthwhile whistling the call
of the Eastern Screech-Owl as Neotropic migrants such as American Redstart, Prothonotary Warbler,
and Northern Waterthrush sometimes flash into view in response.

Throughout the swamp Rufous-vented Chachalacas and Common Moorhens create a ruckus in the angroves, though they keep out of sight. Where the lane enters a wide, grassy pasture, cross a onspicuous ditch on the right and walk to the tip of the short peninsula that overlooks a tidal ake. Look for Little Blue, Tricolored, and Green Herons (not Striated as in Trinidad), White-cheeked Pintail, Black-bellied (Grey) Plover, American Golden-Plover/ and Whimbrel. Some of the Whimbrel belong to the European race phaeopus, with white rump and underwings.

Search carefully on the mangrove roots for sleeping White-tailed Nightjars. Large Iguanas can sometimes e seen in the crowns of the mangroves; when disturbed they hurl themselves into the water below  with a resounding splash.
Back on the lane, walk to a concrete footbridge. Turn right, looking along the wet channels for
shorebirds and waders. Explore all passable dikes around this wet area, noting the birds flying ver, which include the ever-present Magnificent Frigatebirds and Cattle Egrets.
Continue on bearing left wherever possible, staying in the swamp as it turns north then west on o the Golden Grove Peninsula, eventually reaching the shore of the lagoon and walking back along he beach to the car.    

(This article was reprinted from A Birdwatchers Guide To Trinidad and Tobago - Written by William L Murphy.)