Site Report: Isla Espiritu Santo
The kayak
Total Lunar Eclipse
Pelicans at Sunset I
Pelicans at Sunset II
Pelicans at Sunset III
Pelicans at Sunset IV
The Point
Playa on Isla Espiritu Santo
Isla Espiritu Santo
Isla Espiritu Santo
Isla Espiritu Santo
Isla Espiritu Santo
Isla Espiritu Santo
Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens)
Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae)
Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps)
Gray Vireo (Vireo vicinior)
Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata)
California Gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica)
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)
White-tailed Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus)
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The kayak
Total Lunar Eclipse
Pelicans at Sunset I
Pelicans at Sunset II
Pelicans at Sunset III
Pelicans at Sunset IV
The Point
Playa on Isla Espiritu Santo
Isla Espiritu Santo
Isla Espiritu Santo
Isla Espiritu Santo
Isla Espiritu Santo
Isla Espiritu Santo
Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens)
Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae)
Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps)
Gray Vireo (Vireo vicinior)
Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata)
California Gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica)
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)
White-tailed Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus)
Desert island a few miles offshore of La Paz.
Visits
- 2008-02-19: Two nights camping on the beach here during a lunar eclipse.
- 2008-02-20: None
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (16 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(16 records)
Class: Birds
(14 records)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae)
- Order: Pelicans
(4 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Brandt's Cormorant (Urile penicillatus)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
- Family: Grebes
- Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
- Family: Pelicans
- Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
- Order: Perching Birds
(4 records)
- Family: Gnatwrens
- California Gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata)
- Family: Verdins
- Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps)
- Family: Vireos
- Gray Vireo (Vireo vicinior)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni)
- Yellow-footed Gull (Larus livens)
- Royal Tern (Thalasseus maximus)
- Order: Vultures
(1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris)
Class: Mammals
(1 record)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- White-tailed Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: North American Spiny Lizards
- Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)