Next Weekly Challenge: State Bird

Challenge #721 (01/31/16 - 02/06/16) State Bird - Submitted by John Tobias. Photos of a state's official bird. Please include the species and state!

I'm definitely doing some internet searching....

Your look'n for a 'Baltimore Oriole' Mark,

The male's plumage is black and a brilliant golden- orange, there are reports of a flock hanging out down by the stadium.

Good Luck . . .

Is this weekly challenge for only US state birds???

Butch,  That's an excellent question.  If you have a shot of a bird that is considered a "state bird or equivalently honored bird" for some other country, I'll accept it. If your country/state/province has a state bird, I appreciate having you list it or provide a link.

Thanks,
Mark

Here's the list of USA state birds.

http://www.50states.com/bird/#.Vq5in3uCQdY

Can we put more than one photo in the weekly challenge?

I think it's one photo per day for each member.



There are a LOT of national, state, provincial, and territorial birds!

It was not until yesterday that it dawned on me that we could post a state bird from other than our own state (duh).  If you want to help fill in the blanks, we still are missing some very common birds.  There is a convenient list of state bird species, organized by state and by species here:

CANADA -  http://www.knightsinfo.ca/birds.html

INDIA -  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_birds

USA -   http://www.50states.com/bird/ 

NATIONAL BIRDS -  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_birds

...and you can Google birds of other subdivisions of many countries. 



 

Great topic, and certainly one for the birds.

I am looking forward to seeing the image posts in WC.

-P