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Monday Mystery Simplified
OK, I get it. Monday's Mystery was too tough to decipher. Here's what I was getting at: Why are these three state bird stamps the same but different, and how?
Example: New Jersey's stamp features male and female, but that's not the answer.
You may have to click on the stamps to examine them.
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My initial response (but I could not enter a comment in my browser) to your post on January 13 had been that Massachusetts has ” Black-capped” Chickadee as its state bird but Maine simply names it “Chickadee”. Indeed, per Wikipedia’s entry on State Birds, Maine did not specify a species.
Regarding your hint on the Goldfinches: Per Wikipedia (ibid.), Iowa and New Jersey both named “Eastern” Goldfinch as their state bird in 1933 and 1935, respectively, whereas Washington named theirs “Willow” Goldfinch in 1951. However, in the stamp sheet, the updated name of “American” Goldfinch is used for New Jersey and Washington, but “Eastern” Goldfinch is retained for Iowa. -
Ah, that brings up the question of South Dakota, with a non-native Bird – the Ring-necked Pheasant on it’s stamp. There are numbers of Pheasants living in the wild in the US, but just like those domesticated chickens, the Pheasant was introduced to this country with it’s edibility in mind. Something to think about.
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No female on nj stamp and violet is state flower as on first one
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Well done. You studid the stamps far more closely than I did…
Rhode Island and Delaware should be evicted from he union for having domesticated birds as their state symbols. Time for action1 -
A couple observations upon studying the stamps.
1. Only 2 states -North Carolina and Virginia share both the same State Bird, -Northern Cardinal, and the same State Flower – The Dogwood blossom.
2. Rhode Island and Delaware both have domesticated chickens as their state bird, but different breeds.
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Diane L.
My initial response (but I could not enter a comment in my browser) to your post on January 13 had been that Massachusetts has ” Black-capped” Chickadee as its state bird but Maine simply names it “Chickadee”. Indeed, per Wikipedia’s entry on State Birds, Maine did not specify a species.
Regarding your hint on the Goldfinches: Per Wikipedia (ibid.), Iowa and New Jersey both named “Eastern” Goldfinch as their state bird in 1933 and 1935, respectively, whereas Washington named theirs “Willow” Goldfinch in 1951. However, in the stamp sheet, the updated name of “American” Goldfinch is used for New Jersey and Washington, but “Eastern” Goldfinch is retained for Iowa.
Janet T
Ah, that brings up the question of South Dakota, with a non-native Bird – the Ring-necked Pheasant on it’s stamp. There are numbers of Pheasants living in the wild in the US, but just like those domesticated chickens, the Pheasant was introduced to this country with it’s edibility in mind. Something to think about.
Sal
No female on nj stamp and violet is state flower as on first one
Jim Wright
Well done. You studid the stamps far more closely than I did…
Rhode Island and Delaware should be evicted from he union for having domesticated birds as their state symbols. Time for action1
Janet T
A couple observations upon studying the stamps.
1. Only 2 states -North Carolina and Virginia share both the same State Bird, -Northern Cardinal, and the same State Flower – The Dogwood blossom.
2. Rhode Island and Delaware both have domesticated chickens as their state bird, but different breeds.