I Expect 50 POSTS! What is YOUR State Bird?

[matcom]

the state Bird for Massachusetts is the Titmouse :P a.k.a. The Chickadee (also known as the "Dickybird") :bounce:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

1. The Pigeon

I live in the city! :D

[maveric]

7. A flying rat! n/t

[roguevalley]

55. Alaska: Willow Ptarmigan

[SmileyBoy]

2. Western Meadowlark

[jono]

3. American Goldfinch (WA)

[newsguyatl]

4. GA Brown Thrasher

[Deja Q]

5. Mosquito!

Actually, it's a loon - but only a loon would say mosquito. :D

[maveric]

6. California Valley Quail.

I've also lived in MA - Chickadee
NH - Purple Finch
FL - Mockingbird

http://www.50states.com/bird/

[Kathleen04]

24. I thought our bird

was a condor..shows what the heck I know. :silly:

[MisterP]

54. with ahnuld, it's now a booby or a titmouse

[Kathleen04]

60. Haha

:spank:

[Rationality]

8. For Florida... the Snowbird ((n/t))

[NMDemDist2]

11. i thought the Snow bird was the Arizona state bird

no wait--- Roadrunner yeah that it!

[Dookus]

9. I was raised in NY... this was our bird

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

46. Me too.

Brooklyn in da houuuuuuse.

[Dookus]

48. Lawn Guyland here....

but now a happy Californian.

[Champ]

10. Cactus Wren

[Teddy_Salad]

12. The Black Swan

I'm originally from the state of Western Australia.

I guess you'll get 51 posts now. :loveya:

[freetobegay]

13. Florida

Mocking Bird, how approiate.

[DarkPhenyx]

14. Middle Finger.

I see it flying just outside a lot of car windows in response to my bumper stickers.

[dolo amber]

43. Heh...

GMTA. ;)

[DarkPhenyx]

51. And don't let the Bastards wear you down.

Not even when they stole my license plate. :evilgrin:

[Malva Zebrina]

15. Chickadee is the Maine state bird

but then, Massachusetts was once a part of Maine.





These are incredibly friendly little creatures

If you are patient, you can get them to eat from your hand.

They were revered by the native Indians as being brave little birds.

They are so cute.

[GreenPartyVoter]

30. I love our little chickadees, but those sassy Blue Jays keep chasing

them away. *l*

[Malva Zebrina]

64. I have to tell this story about our resident Cardinal

They mate for life, I am told. And they are a cute little pair also. An endearing courtship ritual is that the male Cardinal feeds the female a snippet or two before mating. I have seen them perform this lovely little ritual several times now over the years, He picks up something from the ground and presents it to her and actually feeds her.

But once mated, the male cardinal never shuts up. He is singing from morning to night, in snow storms and in rain, from the break of dawn to evening sunset. Rignbt now the female can be seen with straw and nesting materials building a nest somewhere.

Once we heard this loud persistent pecking --and lo and behold, we found the male cardinal, all revved up with his hormones, attacking his own image in the side mirror of our truck! He perceived his own image as a rival! LOL

He kept it up so vigorously that we feared for his safety, so we covered the mirror up with duct tape

Not to be deterred from attacking any other male contender to his female, he went next door, and proceeded to attack nis own image in the neighbor's side mirror on his truck!

[Dan-W]

41. With all due respect

and diplomacy, I think you've got that state/state thing backwards.

-Dw

[Malva Zebrina]

62. Really?

LOL--

[stellanoir]

16. most embarrassingly. . .

From the dinkiest state with the largest name. . . the state of "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" is represented by the Rhode Island Red Rooster. Even more embarrassingly, it was initially bred in my hometown. We have two plaques to prove it.

When travelling in Europe many years ago, people had two responses when I stated where I was from. It was either, "Oh that's part of New York," or "Oh that's where the chickens come from."

If I posted a picture it might traumatize someone.

[Van Helsing]

17. Common Loon.

Fits us Minnesotans.

[Jackhammer Jesus]

18. Rhode Island Red. Guess which state!

Incidentally, I think the red is the only domesticated state bird. They can be trained to attack on command - I personally keep one to guard my house.

[T Roosevelt]

29. Hey wait a minute!

Are sure it's not this one?

[AlinPA]

19. Ruffed Grouse (PA) n/t

[KamaAina]

20. The endangered nene, or Hawaiian goose

Behold the power of the nene:

http://www.aloha-hawaii.com/hawaii/nene/

By 1957, when the Nene was named as Hawaii’s State Bird, rescue efforts were underway. Conservationists began breeding the birds in captivity in hopes of preserving a remnant of the declining population and, someday, successfully re-establishing them in their native habitat.

A neat trick, that, being named as our state bird in 1957, considering we weren't a state until 1959!!!

[Bossy Monkey]

21. SC: Carolina wren

PS: titmouse and chickadee are different birds. Lay off that scotch! :P

[Amaya]

22. Connecticut state bird is

The Robin



aww.... he's so cute! :D

[cerulean_ink]

33. Well, thats really not fair...

I thought the WI state bird was the Robin, they must have gotten lazy after 29 states....

Update: Guess you learn something new every day, apparently the Robin is the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan and Wisconsin. That's taking laziness a little too far, aren't there more birds out there?

[northofdenali]

23. Bet our State Bird Mosquitos are bigger than yours, HypnoToad!

Actually, it's the Willow Ptarmigan, but ask an Alaskan and 90% of us will say the mosquito............



The REAL state bird:

[Lars39]

25. Tennessee has......

the mockingbird as the official state bird!



The official TN state game bird is the bobwhite quail:

[LynneSin]

26. Oddly enough, Delaware's state bird tastes like chicken

Problem because it is one:



The Blue Hen

[codegreen]

27. here

http://www.50states.com/bird/

[RushIsRot]

28. Louisiana - Brown Pelican

[maveric]

32. Pelicans are facinating birds.

They have super eyesight and can see fish from 100 feet above. I sometimes spend hours watching the pelicans down here in SoCal.

[MisterP]

57. I spend hours feeding them capelin!

I take care of sick and injured pelicans www.pacificwildlife.org

[GOPisEvil]

31. Texas State Bird: The Mockingbird

[galadrium]

34. Ohio... the Cardinal

[Bertha Venation]

35. Baltimore Oriole and Valley Quail

I'm a CA native, transplanted to MD. And I love birds.

[WoodrowFan]

36. Virginia-Cardinal

the same as about 20 other states.

[Tom_Foolery]

37. Kentucky...Cardinal

[LynzM]

59. Indiana - Cardinal too, how boring

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:gqKZ5qODe6sJ:

Sheesh, couldn't they get a little more creative? ;)

[Hand]

38. The Kingfisher...

Is the provincial bird of Nova Scotia... um, in all likelihood.

[ForrestGump]

39. On California freeways...

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

47. Did Dolo take that pic? That is NOT nice to show to a lady.

[ForrestGump]

56. Dude, it's totally Peter Jackson!

Well, maybe not. He'd probably use two fingers.

[Dan-W]

40. NH = Purple finch.

However, only the male is red (not purple) around the head and chest.
State flower = Lilac (purple, I suppose). State tree = White Birch.

-DW

[XNASA]

42. The Cardinal - IL

[charliebrown]

44. Kansas-Jayhawk..lol n/t

[Hubert Flottz]

45. The Foo Bird!

And I think Old Crow is the national bird!

[Armstead]

49. Same as yours

(Massachusetts)

So that would make it 51 if every state posts a bird.

[LastKnight]

50. SD... its the Phesant i think... nt

[Mikimouse]

52. Very interesting question actually...

our state bird and our former governor are very similar; one is a mockingbird, and the other is a mocking turd.

[UTUSN]

53. Does It Have to Be a Bird? n/t

[yardwork]

58. NC is the.....cardinal! (We're so original.)

The state flower in NC is one of those orange and white barrels growing along highway construction projects....

[ironflange]

61. Alberta's provincial bird

Great Horned Owl. Good choice, they're cool, and can eat most other state and prov. birds. The GHO was selected as Alberta's bird by school kids in 1977.

[Zomby Woof]

63. Cactus Wren is Arizona's

[IronLionZion]

65. ruffed grouse

and before you ask, our animal is white-tailed deer, Bitch! I've had enough of these state threads, I'm out.

peace
Indy