10,000 Birds
JUNE 16, 2016
When I picture state birds, I picture the gorgeous Scissor-tailed Flycatcher of Oklahoma, the pristine white feathers of Alaska’s Willow Ptarmigan , or the haunting call of Minnesota’s Common Loon. ” Best of all, they lay between 150 and 200 eggs per year. I don’t picture chickens.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 28, 2018
That year Congress passed the Lacey Act, followed by the tougher Weeks-McLean Act in 1913 and, five years later, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which protected not just birds but also their eggs, nests, and feathers 1. Last but not least, I will leave you with a VERY disturbing video of Sandhill Crane hunting in western Oklahoma.
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