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Related: About this forumKirtland'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
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Sanity Claws
(22,031 posts)1. Fine with me
I live in New York State and our state bird is the Robin. Get your own bird, Michigan!
markie
(22,902 posts)2. I vote yes!
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
Also was hoping to hear the "Chip-chip-chip-che-wee-wee"! Kirtland's warbler is ok with me.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,741 posts)4. Nice-looking bird. My first vote would go to the Chickadee.
Or, the Tufted Titmouse, for the alliteration