>On Tue, 25 Jul 1995 fredbird at halcyon.com wrote:
>
>> Most state birds are chosen (usually by young school kids as was the case
>> here) by looks only, sometimes name (Baltimore Oriole = Maryland). A notable
>> exception is one state's bird, named for another state . . . which one?
>
>California Gull, state bird of Utah.
>
>Actually the species most evocative of Washington State in my view is the
>Spotted Owl.
>
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>Joe Morlan

Too bad no one thought to make the Carolina Wren the state bird of
Louisiana and the Louisiana Waterthrush the state bird of one of the
Carolinas. A missed opportunity.

I thought of Spotted Owl, Joe, but I'm basically down on birds that take
all the research money away from shorebird studies.

And then there's the bird most evocative of the other Washington, the
Common Loony.

Dennis Paulson, Director phone: (206) 756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax: (206) 756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail: dpaulson at ups.edu
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