[TN-Bird] State Birds
- From: Chad Smith <kingbird09@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 17:09:10 -0500
There's a jigsaw puzzle I saw in a store someplace which was a map of the
United States, and the State Bird of each state was pictured in its place.
Until then, I'd never thought much about what birds were chosen to represent
which states, but I assumed each had its own. When I saw a slew of
mockingbirds, meadowlarks, cardinals, etc. repeatedly, it seemed such a waste
of the whole concept.
With so many different birds to be used (many specific to small areas), why do
these State Birds remain unchanged? I can't believe there's any sentimental
value in the choices made by school children in the 1930s, or whatever other
factors contributed to these selections long ago. There certainly isn't any
need to use the same bird for multiple states. What they should do is have the
ornithological society in each state vote for the bird that makes the most
sense, and the idea of tying it into conservation of that species is great.
Otherwise, I see the entire State Bird idea as useless.
Chad Smith
Murfreesboro, TN
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