If folks are interested in more historical information on the establishment
of the Willow Goldfinch as our state bird, here are a couple of blog posts
<https://blogs.sos.wa.gov/library/index.php/2016/08/the-tale-of-the-washington-state-bird-volume-1-meadowlarks-goldfinches-and-mugwumps/>
from the Washington State Library blog, Between the Lines:
https://blogs.sos.wa.gov/library/index.php/2016/08/the-tale-of-the-washington-state-bird-volume-1-meadowlarks-goldfinches-and-mugwumps/
and a second post here
<https://blogs.sos.wa.gov/library/index.php/tag/willow-goldfinchs/>:
https://blogs.sos.wa.gov/library/index.php/tag/willow-goldfinchs/
Happy Reading.
best,
Peter