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marmar

(78,009 posts)
Thu Sep 22, 2022, 09:08 AM Sep 2022

Kirtland's warbler could become Michigan's new state bird, giving robin the boot





(Detroit Free Press) A legislator from the U.P. introduced a bill Wednesday to make the Kirtland's warbler our state bird.

I vote yes.

Technically, of course, I don't get to vote. But HB 6382 has my full-throated support, which, if I were a Kirtland's warbler, would sound like this:

Chip-chip-chip-che-wee-wee!

The call captivated state Rep. Greg Markkanen, R-Hancock, when he was a medic with the 107th Engineer Battalion of the Michigan Army National Guard, training at Camp Grayling amid the Kirtland's warbler's precise habitat. Years later, with co-sponsors from both sides of the aisle, he hopes to make the much-admired warbler our official avian ambassador. ..........(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/columnists/2022/09/21/kirtlands-warbler-michigan-state-bird-robin/69507701007/





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Kirtland's warbler could become Michigan's new state bird, giving robin the boot (Original Post) marmar Sep 2022 OP
Fine with me Sanity Claws Sep 2022 #1
I vote yes! markie Sep 2022 #2
Wish the link did not have a paywall tiredtoo Sep 2022 #3
Nice-looking bird. My first vote would go to the Chickadee. JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2022 #4

markie

(22,902 posts)
2. I vote yes!
Thu Sep 22, 2022, 09:38 AM
Sep 2022

ok, I don't have a vote, however I think it is a good idea. (..born and raised in Michigan)

tiredtoo

(2,949 posts)
3. Wish the link did not have a paywall
Thu Sep 22, 2022, 01:13 PM
Sep 2022

Also was hoping to hear the "Chip-chip-chip-che-wee-wee"! Kirtland's warbler is ok with me.

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