Little Farmer's Cay Explained

Little Farmer's Cay
Location:Atlantic Ocean
Map:Bahamas
Coordinates:23.958°N -76.3224°W
Archipelago:Lucayan Archipelago
Country:Bahamas
Population:66
Population As Of:2010
Timezone1:EST
Utc Offset1:-5
Timezone1 Dst:EDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:-4
Iso Code:BS-BP

Little Farmer's Cay is an island in the Bahamas, located in the district of Black Point. The island had a population of 66 at the 2010 census.[1]

Each year, the island hosts the Farmer's Cay First Friday in February Festival,[2] a sailing regatta.

Butterfly species found on the island include the fulvous hairstreak (Electrostrymon angelia), scrub hairstreak (Strymon columella), martial hairstreak (Strymon martialis), long-tailed skipper (Urbanus proteus), broken dash skipper (Wallengrenia misera)[3] and the Gulf fritillary (Agraulis vanillae insularis).[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Exuma and Cays Population by Settlement and Total Number of Occupied Dwellings: 2010 Census. Government of the Bahamas. 5 January 2019.
  2. The Many Fs of Little Farmers Cay. Robert. Beringer. Sail. 46. 3. March 2015. 96. Active Interest Media. 0036-2700.
  3. Book: Annals of Carnegie Museum. 268. R.E.. Porteous. 46. 1977. 300866996.
  4. Book: Zoologica: Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society. 88. New York Zoological Society. New York. 1963. 48. 263595877.