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What is the State Bird of New Jersey?

10,000 Birds

The legislature named the goldfinch the state bird in 1935 , sharing the designation with Washington and Iowa. The cowbirds will try to lay their eggs in a goldfinch nest, but once hatched the young only survive a few days. Unlike many other songbirds, these goldfinches subsist entirely on a vegetarian, seed-based diet.

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Push Land-Grant Universities Out of the Meat Industry

Animal Person

consider pointing out to a few of the biggest and most influential (food-wise) LGUs -- Iowa State, Cornell, University of California-Davis -- the harm they're doing globally by continuing to promote meat despite the known dangers to animals, people, and the environment.