Site Report: Bolivar Peninsula, United States of America
Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica)
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)
Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus)
Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia)
Clapper Rail (Rallus crepitans)
Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris)
Chuck-will's-widow (Antrostomus carolinensis)
Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina)
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Least Tern (Sternula antillarum)
Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis)
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula)
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
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Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica)
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)
Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus)
Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia)
Clapper Rail (Rallus crepitans)
Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)
Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris)
Chuck-will's-widow (Antrostomus carolinensis)
Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina)
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Least Tern (Sternula antillarum)
Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis)
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula)
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
Gulf coast of Texas
Visits
- 2013-04-19: We took the ferry from Galveston, and we then spent a couple of days visiting some of the sites on Bolivar Peninsula, Boy Scout Woods, Smith Woods, Bolivar Flats, etc...
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (103 records,
20 images)
Phylum: Chordates
(103 records,
20 images)
Class: Birds
(101 records,
19 images)
- Order: Anseriformes
(2 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)
- Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Clapper Rail (Rallus crepitans)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (4 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
- Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
- Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(2 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
- Family: Swifts
- Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(3 records)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Chuck-will's-widow (Antrostomus carolinensis)
- Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
- Order: Pelicans (15 records)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
- Family: Herons
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
- Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Hudsonian Whimbrel (Numenius hudsonicus)
- Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
- Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Order: Perching Birds (60 records)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
- Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris)
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
- Family: Gnatwrens
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
- Family: Larks
- Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
- Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
- Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- Family: New World Warblers
- American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
- Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
- Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
- Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata)
- Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)
- Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera)
- Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea)
- Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
- Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina)
- Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosa)
- Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla)
- Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)
- Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)
- Northern Yellow Warbler (Setophaga aestiva)
- Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)
- Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
- Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
- Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica)
- Family: Nuthatches
- Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Shrikes
- Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
- Purple Martin (Progne subis)
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
- Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
- Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
- Family: Waxwings
- Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
- Family: Wrens
- Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (9 records)
- Family: Plovers
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
- Snowy Plover (Anarhynchus nivosus)
- Wilson's Plover (Anarhynchus wilsonia)
- Order: Vultures
(1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Class: Mammals
(1 record,
0 images)
- Order: Opossums
(1 record)
- Family: Opossums
- Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Anoles
- Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)