MEGA: Texas Bare-throated Tiger-Heron

High on everyone’s list of the next ABA-area vagrant, a Bare-throated Tiger-Heron landed in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas today. The bird was photographed near Bentsen – Rio Grande State Park, and is guaranteed to set off a rush to see this glorious ardeid.

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron, Guatemala

I’d really hoped that Arizona might get the ABA Area’s first, but who could begrudge Texas this bird?