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What is the National Bird of the United States?

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Benjamin Franklin was famously not happy about the decision to use the Bald Eagle as a symbol of the United States (he preferred the Wild Turkey ). From France he wrote to his daughter expressing his displeasure: For my own part I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen the Representative of our Country.

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We are Just Money Grubbers

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But, lacking the law enforcement in the field, nothing has really changed. Hunting is also significant during migration and in its wintering range; with an annual toll in France computed at c. They are under very heavy hunting pressure in Serbia and after 15 years of campaign , are finally off the shooting list. 40,000 birds.” (The

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