Crimson-collared Grosbeak is an endemic of northeast Mexico, very rarely making an appearance in Texas.   A striking male showed up at the Frontera Audubon Society woods in Weslaco on 2 November 2004 and was seen by several folks thru 5 November.   This bird will likely be the ninth document record for Texas and the first since 1988.   I took a couple of difficult photos on 4 November - the images are thru dense foliage though still identifiable.