I don't want to persecute anyone for artistic license. In this case, it would have helped if the artistic license was used in an artistic rendering of a goldfinch rather than a fairly accurate portrayal of a Great Tit.



For those interested in what the banner looks like, here's a link to a picture I took today. I also uploaded a picture of a the steelhead banner that shows considerable artistic license but, in this case, doesn't look like a completely different species.



https://www.flickr.com/photos/29002564 at N08/48752374247/in/dateposted-public/



Kelly McAllister

Olympia



From: Tweeters <tweeters-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Gary Smith
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 5:44 PM
To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] state bird -- FYI, the erroneous banner will be removed



It looks like the State agency responsible for the banners attempted to respond to Tweeters, but it would appear their response didn't come through. In any case, their response is as follows:





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