This male Blue Bunting Cyanocompsa
parellina was found on the San Antonio
River south of downtown San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas on
February 24, 2021 (these photos from Feb 25). This is the
northernmost record in Texas (a coastal record in Louisiana is
slightly farther north), and the only U.S. record away from the
southern Rio Grande or Gulf of Mexico coastal plain:
This photo is from Feb 24, moments after its discovery; when in
shadow Blue Buntings can appear to be almost blackish:
