Whenever anyone suggests naming a new state bird of Texas, the painted bunting is a top candidate. Bednarz is all for it. “They are an amazing representation of the fauna and biodiversity of our ...

LOS FRESNOS, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A bird rare to the Rio Grande Valley was recently spotted at the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge. Known as the Blue bunting it has drawn in visitors ...

"I have never seen one before, but suspected it might be a type of bunting." Using the Merlin birding app on his phone to ID the bird, Blackford confirmed the species was a blue bunting.

Also in the RGV Gloria Tamez snapped a once-in-a-lifetime photo of a Painted Bunting looking at its own reflection off a nature trail in Laguna Vista, Texas on Sunday. "I immediately thought ...