January 1999

by Michael Delesantro

Recently returned from a trip around (down the west side and back up on the east) the El Cielo region of southern Tamps.  A list of what was seen/heard follows.  We targeted the Military Macaw and other "tropicals" and did not spend much time ticking off the NA migrants and winter visitors.  Otherwise, our list would be longer.  Still, it is respectable.

Thicket Timanou
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Lesser Scaup
Ruddy Duck
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
White-tailed Kite
Northern Harrier
Harris' Hawk
Grey Hawk
Roadside Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Bat Falcon
Plain Chachalaca
American Coot
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Long-billed Curlew
Rock Dove
Red-billed Pigeon
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-dove
White-tipped Dove
Military Macaw
Red-crowned Parrot
Red-lored Parrot
White-crowned Parrot
Squirrel Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner
Groove-billed Ani
Ferruginous Pgymy-Owl
Pauraque
Whip-poor-will
Canivet's Emerald
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing
Blue-crowned Motmot
Ringed Kingfisher
Acorn Woodpecker
Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Bronze-winged Woodpecker
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper
Barred Antshrike
Greater Pewee
Great Kiskadee
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Couchs' Kingbird
Grey-collared Becard
Rose-throated Becard
Masked Tityra
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Green Jay
Brown Jay
Grey-breasted Jay
Tamaulipas Crow
Chihuahuan Raven
Northern Raven
Black-crested Titmouse
Spot-breasted Wren
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Brown-backed Solitaire
Hermit hrush
Wood Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
American Robin
Grey Catbird
Blue Mockingbird
Northern Mockingbird
Curve-billed Thrasher
Long-billed Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
Phainopepla
Loggerhead Shrike
European Starling
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Orange-crowned Warbler
Crescent-chested Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Painted Redstart
Rufous-capped Warbler
Scrub Euphonia
Yellow-throated Euphonia
Yellow-winged Tanager
Hepatic Tanager
Western Tanager
Black-headed Saltator
Northern Cardinal
Black-headed Grosbeak
Spotted Towhee
White-collared Seedeater
Savannnah Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Melodious Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Bronzed Cowbird
Audubon's Oriole
Altamira Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Lesser Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Michael Delesantro
mdele@worldnet.att.net