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What is the State Bird of Colorado?

10,000 Birds

Instead, they are summer visitors, moving up to Colorado in the warm months to breed before returning to wintering grounds in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico. During the summer breeding months, Lark Bunting males – a sparrow species – are jet black, their white wings contrasting beautifully with the dark bodies.

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What is the State Bird of South Carolina?

10,000 Birds

It turns out that the women’s clubs had already chosen the wren , but the legislature disagreed. As a result, their populations have increased by over 1% per year since 1966, and as of 2010 their breeding population came in at around 14 million. Do I think they made the right decision?