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Texas Spring Migration 2012
April 17 - Bolivar Peninsula |
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After a brief tour around Anhuac and a stop at Boy Scout Woods, we headed out to the Bolivar Peninsula for gulls, terns and shorebirds. The Bolivar Peninsula pokes a long way out from the north and east side of Galveston Bay. There are a number of fancy beach houses along the way, that appear to me to be hurricane bait. But the birding is very good, with most of the usual shorebirds and a very nice selection og terns. We missed some of the sparrows – conditions were not ideal – but got a nice number of species despite the wind.
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Brown Pelicans
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Marbled Godwit
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| The stops at Gilchrist and Elmgrove Point were especially productive. At Elmgrove, we got Least, Caspian, Black, Common, Forster's, Royal and Sandwich Terns. Quite a haul. |
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Ruddy Turnstones
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Willet with a Prize
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Black-bellied Plover
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Clapper Rail
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| It was pitch dark by the time we got back to Winnie, but a great day of birding. |
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