Site Report: Bolivar Peninsula
Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica)
Least Tern (Sternula antillarum)
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis)
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
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)
Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula)
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
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Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica)
Least Tern (Sternula antillarum)
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis)
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
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)
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)
Phylum: Chordates
(103 records)
Class: Birds
(101 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(2 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula)
- Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)
- 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
- Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)
- Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
- Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
- 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
- Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis)
- Chuck-will's-widow (Antrostomas carolinensis)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
- Order: Pelicans (15 records)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
- Family: Herons
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Western Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
- Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Order: Perching Birds (60 records)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
- Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
- Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
- Family: Gnatwrens
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
- American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- Family: Larks
- Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
- Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
- Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera)
- Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)
- Nashville Warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla)
- Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)
- Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
- Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
- Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)
- Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)
- Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
- Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica)
- Blackpoll Warbler (Setophaga striata)
- Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea)
- Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
- American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
- Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
- Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)
- Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)
- Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosa)
- Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina)
- Family: Nuthatches
- Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
- Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Shrikes
- Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Swallows
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Purple Martin (Progne subis)
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
- Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
- Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
- Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
- 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)
- Wilson's Plover (Anarhynchus wilsonia)
- Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
- Snowy Plover (Anarhynchus nivosus)
- Order: Vultures
(1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Class: Mammals
(1 record)
- Order: Opossums
(1 record)
- Family: Opossums
- Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Anoles
- Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)