40 Things I Love About Texas

How much do I love Texas, my family's home since 1848? In honor of the 40th anniversary of Southern Living, here are 40 reasons, in no particular order except for the first and last.

Twelfth Man

Twelfth Man

Who knows how many games the Aggies won with the Twelfth Man at Kyle Field? You can't help but admire their spirit, even if your school colors are white and burnt orange, or as an Aggie might say, white and barbecue sauce.

Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail
South Texas trees seem to sing on warm winter nights. In the Valley, you can bird even in a bank parking lot. Most birders lift their binoculars at ranches and beside water and grassy expanses of national and state parks.

Scissor-tailed Flycatchers
When you see them, you know there's nothing out there but Texas. They prefer places no bigger than a one-Dairy Queen town. Let's lobby the legislature to make the scissor-tailed flycatcher the state bird.

NextTexas Horned Lizards


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