Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Starting in 1927, state birds began to be selected by states. The first states to adopt a state bird were Alabama, Florida, Maine, ...

I drive with a cardinal on my license plate. It costs a little more, but not as much as a plate that says COWBIRD, which I observed last year during a visit to Champaign-Urbana. If the owner of that ...

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It’s common knowledge that each U.S. state has a state bird. But do you know how each of these birds were chosen? The tradition originated in the 1920s when the General Federation of Women’s Clubs ...

During Indiana’s early statehood, the northern cardinal was far less common than it is today. The species favored warmer climates farther south and appeared only sporadically in parts of the Midwest.

An amendment in an 111-page bill (SB477) looked to make Sue Bird a co-official state bird, along with the robin, every March, ...

Flamingos feed and preen in Estero Bay Preserve State Park in Florida in September. Andrew West The News-Press / USA TODAY NETWORK Ask anyone about Florida’s state bird, and they’ll likely guess it’s ...

The latest update to a periodic assessment of U.S. birds has once again sent out a distress signal. The 2025 State of the Birds report found 229 species, or approximately one-third of U.S. birds, are ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A battle over Florida’s state bird has once again taken hold in the state legislature. Twin bills in the state Senate and House are proposing that the American flamingo and the ...

New Hampshire Audubon recently debuted its “State of the Birds” website, where the public can look up information about the status of the Granite State’s birds, challenges they face, and actions to ...