Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas - Vagrants & Rarities
(For clarification: a "vagrant" is any species that is well out of its expected range and may or may not show up again, whereas a "rarity" is a regularly occurring Texas species that shows up in the LRGV occasionally, or annually in very small numbers.)
Rare Birds of 2024 (includes both "vagrants" and "rarities")
Gray-collared & Rose-throated Becards - Resaca de la Palma State Park (1/5/24)
Cattle Tyrant - Corpus Christi (1/20 & 27/24)
Crimson-collared Grosbeak - Frontera Audubon Thicket (1/23/24)
Limpkin & Crane Hawk - Salineno (1/30/24)
Roadside Hawk & Western Tanager - Resaca de la Palma State Park (2/6/24)
Fan-tailed Warbler - UTRGV Brownsville (2/8/24)
Golden-crowned Warbler - Hugh Ramsey Nature Park (2/8/24)
Mountain Plovers - Jara Chinas Road (2/13/24)
Rock Wren - Anzalduas County Park (2/20/24)
Mallard (yes, really) - Edinburg Scenic Wetlands (3/12/24)
Glossy Ibis & Greater Scaup - South Padre Island Convention Centre (3/19/24)
Southern Lapwing - Llano Grande Golf Course (4/14/24)
Cape May Warbler & Lazuli Bunting - South Padre Island (4/22/24)
Mangrove Cuckoo - South Padre Island (5/3/24)
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