Each U.S. state has its official bird.
Seven states selected the cardinal;
western meadowlark by six was preferred.
Having repeats is unremarkable.
The mockingbird and bluebirds were chosen
by five and by four states respectively.
The choice of state bird has been long frozen.
Learning this in school is necessity.
Some states have a bird uniquely their own.
Louisiana has its brown pelican.
The roadrunner of N.M. is well known.
The brown thrasher of Georgia is elegant.
The common loon and Minnesota seem apt.
So, please name your state’s bird. No hesitation?
Did its name spring to mind, or did you feel trapped?
Do you know some states have a state crustacean?
Damned if I couldn't think of one of the states I have lived in's bird except Georgia because you already told me. I would've picked the Carolina wren that hung out in my suburban Atlanta apartment balcony. I love birds but am a birdbrain when it comes to trivia like this. If Minnesota already has the loon, what does Wisconsin have left? The bald eagle? The one stuffed in the capital at Madison, Old Abe? Beats me. And West Virginia… wild turkey? Wild guess. California? condor or quail? Don't know. Texas's has got to be the mockingbird that hangs around my backyard. But then, that good old immigrant from India that loves the longhorns, the cattle egret, could be it, too.
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OKLAHOMA where i live today bird is the Scissor Tail
CALIFORNIA where i was born bird is the California Quail
How did I do?
Ron