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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 & Butterflies of 2025 (includes both "vagrants" and "rarities")
Gray Gull - Brownsville Landfill (6 JAN 25)
Black Scoter (female) - Isla Blanca County Park (11 JAN 25)
Yellow-headed Caracara - Galveston Island (extralimital - 16 JAN 25)
Black-legged Kittiwake - Morrison Park, Quintana (extralimital - 16 JAN 25)
Anna's Hummingbird (female) - Salineno NWR
(30 JAN 25)
Tropical Parula - Resaca de la Palma State Park
(6 FEB 25)
Mourning Cloak - National Butterfly Center (13 FEB 25)
Greater Scaup - Edinburg Scenic Wetlands (18 FEB 25)
Ruff - Port Isabel Reservoir (22 MAR 25)
Flame-colored Tanager - Quinta Mazatlán (5 APR 25)
Palm Warbler - South Padre Island (8 APR 25)
Glossy Ibis - Santa Monica (10 APR 25)
"Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler - South Padre Island Convention Centre (22 APR 25)
Female Western Tanager - South Padre Island Convention Centre (22 APR 25)