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A Guide to the State Symbols of Texas

November 9, 2022 | By John O. Lumpkin

The Texas State Bird: Mockingbird

November 8, 2022 | By John Lumpkin

To Kill a Mockingbird—Why It’s Time for Texas to Ditch Its State Bird

January 7, 2022 | By John Nova Lomax

Since January 1927, the northern mockingbird has been the state bird of Texas, an honor shared with a whopping four other states.

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