What the state birds should be

[CheeseHusker dos]

tmml - nothing like some ornithological trash talking

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/05/state_bird_improvements_replace_cardinals_and_robins_with_warblers_and_hawks.single.html

States should have to put more thought into their state bird than I
put into picking my socks in the morning. “Ugh, state bird? I dunno,
what're the guys next to us doing? Cardinal? OK, let's do that too.
Yeah put it on all the signs. Nah, no time to research the bill color,
let's just go.” It’s the official state bird! Well, since all these
jackanape states are too busy passing laws requiring everyone to own
guns or whatever to consider what their state bird should be, I guess
I’ll have to do it.

Alaska. Official state bird: willow ptarmigan

Willow Ptarmigans are the dumbest-sounding birds on Earth, sorry. They
sound like rejected Star Wars aliens, angrily standing outside the Mos
Eisley Cantina because their IDs were rejected. Why go with these
dopes, Alaska, when you’re the best state to see the most awesome
falcon on Earth?

What it should be: gyrfalcon


California. Official state bird: California quail

... Or perhaps the largest, most radical bird on the continent?

What it should be: California condor


Florida. Official state bird: northern mockingbird

I am finishing this post the next day because I had to go buy a new
computer after I threw my last one out the window when I read that
Florida’s state bird was the northern mockingbird. I cannot think of a
more pathetic choice for one of the most bird-rich states in the
nation. What’s their state beverage, a half-glass of warm tap water?

What it should be: American flamingo

[xyzzy]

On May 22, 9:19 am, CheeseHusker dos <jonrus...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> tmml - nothing like some ornithological trash talking
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> http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/05/stat...

Wrong. The official Florida state bird should be the palmetto bug.

Of course these are political decisions made by state legislatures,
not based on merit. It's clear from reading this that the Koch
brothers and ALEC are fans of the Cardinal and the Western
Meadowlark.

[CheeseHusker dos]

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I liked his riffs on the meadowlark and cardinals

[Plaidmoon]

I always thought the Florida state bird was Maria.

[CheeseHusker dos]

On May 22, 11:43 pm, Plaidmoon <plaidm...@ask-me-for-contact-info.com>
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And isn't the New Jersey state bird the middle finger?

[alic...@yahoo.com]

On Wednesday, May 22, 2013 9:19:39 AM UTC-4, CheeseHusker dos wrote:

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> What it should be: American flamingo

It should be the mobile home.

-Tom Enright

[Michael Press]

In article <4247a392-b76e-442e...@googlegroups.com>,

Oklahoma

--
Michael Press

[unclejr]

On Wednesday, May 22, 2013 8:19:39 AM UTC-5, CheeseHusker dos wrote:
> tmml - nothing like some ornithological trash talking
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> http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/05/state_bird_improvements_replace_cardinals_and_robins_with_warblers_and_hawks.single.html

That was a fun read. Thank you.

-Junior

[unklbob]

Actually, the mockingbird is one of the most entertaining birds there
is. I heard my little terrier yipping like crazy out in the yard, and
I went outside to bring her inside so she wouldn't irritate the nabes.
I called for her but she was nowhere to be seen. I could hear her, but
couldn't see her. I went back inside and she was asleep in the living
room, went back outside and watched a mockingbird flying from roof to
roof doing a perfect imitation of my dog yapping.