JUST PONDERING..DO ALL STATES HAVE A STATE BIRD???

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I don't know why, but this thought just popped into my head. Maybe it was the Roadrunner that was pecking at my sliding glass door today.

Do all states have a state bird???? What is your state's bird??? Why was that bird picked to represent your state???

posted by ROLLINGCURLERS

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Illinois' state bird is the Cardinal. The story that I heard is that schoolchildren chose it...not sure if that's true. I believe it's also the state bird of several other states. It's such a beautiful bird...and red is my favorite color!

posted by Kathychris
over 2 years ago

Missouri state bird is the Bluebird. Not sure how it came to be.

posted by Joyful48
over 2 years ago

Jersey's state bird is the Goldfinch. No idea why...maybe casue there are lot around and it wasn't taken by anyone else at the time!!!

posted by sassysatin
over 2 years ago

Yes, and flower and mineral too i think. But for the birds at least it isn't 50 different species...Mockingbird and Cardinal claimed by more than one state.

Wyoming's is the Western Meadowlark.

Below is a link to a page that has images of each state's bird, listed alphabeticlly.

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posted by feywon
over 2 years ago

As sasysatin beat me to saying our state bird is the goldfinch. I used to see a lot of them when I lived in the western part of the state but I don't see any here. Maybe the bird for this part of the state should be the herring gull. Someone (probably from New York) once told me NJ's state bird should be the mosquito.

posted by JerseyDevil48
over 2 years ago

Oklahoma's state bird is the Scissor-Tailed Fly Catcher...and they are everywhere!

posted by MsKelly
over 2 years ago

In Utah we cherish the seagull. I think it's the California Seagull. You might recall that the bird once saved Mormon pioneer crops form ravenous grasshoppers