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El Cielo, Gomez Farias, Cd Mante, El Naciemento, and La Floridia, El Naranjo, El Salto, San Luis Potosi SLP - February 2007

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Trip Report for Feb. 15 thru Feb 19, 2007.

GF Old Rd = Old road to Gomez Farias - Feb. 15
EN, LF CM = El Naciemento, La Florida, Cd Mante - Feb. 16
El Cielo, Alta Cima - Feb 17
SLP = San Luis Potosi or El Naranjo, El Salto areas - Feb. 18
Trip to and from Brownsville via El Encino & Rio Los Sabinos - Feb. 19

Trip to and From Brownsville

Tinnamous
Thicket Tinamou 1

Grebes
Least Grebe 1

Pelicans
American White Pelican 1

Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorants 1
Neotropic Cormoant 1

Herons, Egrets and Bitterns
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Tricolored Heron 1
Little Blue Heron 1
Snowy Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Cattle Egret 1
Boat-billed Heron 1

Storks
Wood Stork 1

Ibis and Spoonbills
White Ibis 1
Roseate Spoonbill 1

Ducks, Geese and Swans
Muscovy Duck 1
Northern Shoveler 1

New World Vulures
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 1


GF Old RD EN, LF, CM El Cielo SLP Return
Hawks, Eagles and Kites
White-tailed Kite 1
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Common Black-Hawk 1
Great Black-Hawk 1
Harris's Hawk 1
Gray Hawk 1
Roadside Hawk 1
Short-tailed Hawk 1
White-tailed Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1

Falcons and Caracaras
Crested Caracara 1
Laughing Falcon 1
Bat Falcon 1
Peregrine Falcon 1

Guans, Chachalacas, Curassows
Plain Chachalaca 1

New World Quail
Northern Bobwhite 1

Rails, Gallinules and Coots
Common Moorhen 1
American Coot 1

Finfoots
Sungrebe 1

Jacanas
Northern Jacana 1

Avocets and Stilts
Black-necked Stilt 1

Sandpipers
Long-billed Curlew 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1

Gulls
Laughing Gull 1


GF Old RD EN, LF, CM El Cielo SLP Return
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Dove 1
Red-billed Pigeon 1
Mourning Dove 1
Whie-winged Pigeon 1
Ruddy Ground-Dove 1
Inca Dove 1
Blue Ground-Dove 1
White-tipped Dove 1
Gray-headed Dove 1

Parrots
Green Parakeet 1
White-crowned Parrot 1
Red-lored Parrot 1

Cuckoos
Squirrel Cuckoo 1
Groove-billed Ani 1

Hummingbirds
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing 1
Caniver's Emerald 1

Trogons and Quetzals
Mountain Trogon 1
Elegant Trogon 1

Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher 1
Ringed Kingfisher 1
Amazon Kingfisher 1
Green Kingfisher 1

Motmot
Blue-crowned Motmot 1

Woodpeckers
Acorn Woodpecker 1
Golden-fronted Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Spasucker 1
Smoky-brown Woodpecker 1
Bronze-winged Woodpecker 1
Lineated Woodpecker 1
Pale-billed Woodpecker 1


GF Old RD EN, LF, CM El Cielo SLP Return
Woodcreepters
Olivaceous Woodcreeper 1
Ivory-billed Woodcreeper 1

Typical Antbirds
Barred Anshrik 1

Tyrant Flycatchers
Greenish Elaenia 1
Tufted Flycatcher 1
Greater Pewee 1
Least 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Vermilion Flycatcher 1
Dusky-capped Flycatcher 1
Great Kiskadee 1
Boat-billed Flycatcher 1
Social Flycatcher 1
Tropical Kingbird 1
Rose-throated Becard 1
Masked Tityra 1
Black-crowned Tityra 1

Swallows
Tree Swallow 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1

Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1

Waxwings
Cedar Waxwing 1

Wrens
Spot-breasted Wren 1

Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Long-billed Thrasher 1
Blue Mockingbird 1

Thrusher
Eastern Bluebird 1
Brown-backed Solitaire 1
Hermit Thrush 1
Clay-colored Robin 1
White-throated Thrush 1
American Robin 1

GF Old RD 16-Feb 17-Feb SLP 19-Feb
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1

Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike 1

Crows and Jays
Green Jay 1
Brown Jay 1
Tamaulipas Crow 1
Chihuahuan Raven 1

Vireos and Allies
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1

Olive Warbler
Olive Warbler 1

Wood Warblers
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Crescent-chested Warbler 1
Tropical Parula 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Ovenbird 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroad 1
Altamira Yellowthroat 1
Hooded Yellowthroat 1
Wilson's Warbler 1
Fan-tailed Warbler 1
Golden-crowned Warbler 1
Rufous-capped Warbler 1

Tanagers and Allies
Red-throated Ant-Tanager 1
Hepatic Tanager 1
Summer Tanager 1
Western Tanager 1
Flame-colored Tanager 1
White-winged Tanager 1
Yellow-winged Tanager 1
Yellow-throated Euphonia 1


GF Old RD 16-Feb 17-Feb SLP 19-Feb
Buntings, Seedeaters, Allies
White-collared Seedeater 1
Yellow-faced Grassqauit 1

Sparrows, Towhees, Junco
Olive Sparrow 1

Saltators, Cardinals, and Allies
Grayish Saltator 1
Black-headed Saltator 1
Crimson-collared Grosbeak 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Black-headed Grosbeak 1
Blue Bunting 1
Indigo Bunting 1
Painted Bunting 1

Blackbirds, Orioles, Grackles, ETC
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Eastern Meadowlard 1
Melodious Blackbird 1
Great-tailed Grackle 1
Bronzed Cowbird 1
Altamira Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Bullock's Oriole 1
Orchard Oriole 1
Audubon's Oriole 1
Yellow-billed Cacique 1

Finches, Siskins, Crossbills
Black-headed Siskin 1
Lesser Goldfinch 1

Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow 1

44 58 28 23 11
Total Species 164

GF Old Rd = Old road to Gomez Farias - Feb. 15
EN, LF CM = El Naciemento, La Florida, Cd Mante - Feb. 16
El Cielo, Alta Cima - Feb 17
SLP = San Luis Potosi or El Naranjo, El Salto areas - Feb. 18
Return to Brownsville via El Encino & Rio Los Sabinos - Feb. 19

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