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What is the State Bird of Maryland?

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In 1882 the legislature passed special provisions to protect the bird, decades before the passage of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. Their populations have been declining , though they were not placed on the 2012 Watch List. In 1947 , Maryland made the oriole its state bird. Orioles have often captured the imagination.

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