Bolivar Bird Count Results 2004-present (Excel spreadsheet)

Bolivar Bird Count Archive: 1984 - 2003 (Excel spreadsheet)

Bolivar Bird Count background information

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October Survey cancelled: Due to uncertain access the October Bolivar Survey is cancelled. The ferry still is not running and access from Winnie and High Island is over the damaged Rollover Pass bridge. Finally non-residents may not be allowed in the area. So we will await developments for the November Survey.

If anyone has been or will be in the area from Retillon road to the ferry landing since Ike, please send me any sightings that you have. I will try to compile some sort of totals in an attempt to document the bird life in the area since Ike.

Thanks and safe birding.

- Tom Kihn, Leader, Bolivar Bird Count

Bolivar Bird Count General Information

If you want to contribute your birding experience and skills for the purchase and preservation of habitat on Bolivar - here's your chance. We are conducting a monthly bird survey of the Bolivar peninsula to document the number of species and individuals that feed, rest and nest on the western end of Bolivar, from Retillon Rd to the Ferry landing, including all land areas. The survey uses Christmas Bird Count protocol and volunteers, like the CBCs but at no cost (donations for Bolivar will, of course, be accepted).

Monthly surveys are held on the third Saturday of every month. We meet at 8:00 AM at the Bolivar side ferry landing parking lot on the right as you leave the ferry. We will divide into area teams, identify and count birds to cover the peninsula from Retillon Rd west, so there is the opportunity to get a wide spectrum of species. We will compile the list at 11:00 AM then participants can bird on their own and report any additional species with numbers via e-mail or phone. Results and participants are posted on this web site, Texbirds and eBird.