Gorgeous and Elusive, Painted Buntings Are Flitting Across Texas
More painted buntings flock to Texas than any other state—but these jewel-toned beauties are increasingly at risk.
Amy Weaver Dorning joined Texas Monthly as a copy editor in 2018, after spending two decades editing and writing for numerous magazines and websites in New York and San Francisco. The southeast Texas native and University of Texas graduate spends her free time reading, attempting to grow vegetables in her backyard garden, and hiking with her family and their blue lacy hound dog, Dot. She is currently working on a genealogy project to untangle her family’s deep Texas roots.
More painted buntings flock to Texas than any other state—but these jewel-toned beauties are increasingly at risk.
At Country Kitchen, in Lampasas, the vintage decor draws lots of eyes, but its fried catfish and chicken-fried steak are also worthy of attention.
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Lebanese Texans have raised nearly $200,000 since the disaster, which shares similarities with two Texas explosions also caused by ammonium nitrate.
He was a high school band director and the cornerstone of a lively music scene in southeast Texas—and then a Saturday night gig exposed him to the coronavirus.