OCTOBER 29, 2025 www.wintertexantimes.com 12 WINTER TEXAN TIMES @Sharyland Dental Care Richard A. Young D.D.S. 2407 E. Griffin Pkwy. – Mission, TX - 956-581-2773 www.sharylanddentalcare.net GENERAL DENTISTRY EXCEPTIONAL CARE Since 1982 Now Accepting Cigna Medicare Advantage We’re All About Smiles Invest in your smile, and change your life. Your smile and your health deserve the best in decision making!!! • For dental care you can trust and have confidence in • Come See Us At Sharyland Dental Care VSO begins Masterworks season The Valley Symphony (VSO) 2025-2026 Masterworks season opens with a milestone celebration and an unforgettable evening of musical brilliance with Music of the Greats. Join the VSO on Friday, November 7 at 8 p.m. at the McAllen Performing Arts Center as they begin the new season and honor Maestro Peter Dabrowski’s 25th year leading the VSO. The evening will feature timeless works by Mozart, Sibelius, and Hindemith – composers who defined the symphonic tradition. The VSO is also thrilled to welcome internationally acclaimed pianist Gabriela Martinez as their featured soloist on Mozart’s Piano Valley Birding Festival starts next week As Valley bird migration picks up, get ready for the Annual Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival. The event is slated for November 5 through 9 at the Harlingen Convention Center, 701 Harlingen Heights Dr. There will be over 100 fantastic field trip offerings to choose from including traditional tours through the parks the Valley is well known for as well as several new offerings such as private ranches for those seasoned returning festival birders. Special trips in the field with some of the featured speakers to further enhance their presentations are also always a great treat. In addition to field trips, they will also have keynote speakers, informative workshops, seminars, a giant tradeshow full of vendors, a silent auction, fun socials with local music and food, and of course all the birds. The Valley is always full of colorful birds, friendly people, and plenty of birders. During this time of year, many birds are migrating to warmer areas – just like you – and a few are going to cooler places too. The Lower Rio Grande Valley sits on the convergence of the Central Mississippi migratory flyways, meaning many millions of birds pass through our area every year on their way north and south. With environmental influences from the Gulf Coast to the east, Great Plains to the north, Chihuahuan desert to the west, and subtropical influence from the south, the LRGV is a melting pot for North American birds and easily one of the top birding locations in the entire ABA area. The festival is timed perfectly for birders to find lingering neotropical migrants still trickling through, wintering birds starting to wander south, and Mexican vagrants popping up from across the border with Mexico. Every year there are spectacular rarities found during the festival. Some rarities spotted in recent years included the American Flamingo, Red Billed Pigeon, Roadside Hawk, Burrowing Owl, White-Throated Swift, Limpkin, Red-Throated Becard, DustyCapped Flycatcher, Western FlycatchBirders on a field trip during the RGV Birding Festival. (Courtesy photo) Green Jay. (Courtesy photo) See VSO pg. 15 Valley Symphony Orchestra. (Courtesy photo)
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