TIL that the first country to officially declare a national bird was India, with the Indian peacock in 1963: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_symbols_of_India
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I thought it was the turkey
I've seen more bald eagles of late and I'm in Canada. Are they fleeing for some reason?
At least the Canada geese are going the other way. Those things are the devil! Chasing after me on my bike hissingβ¦
Probably, Americans love to hunt them into extinction.
No turkey?
The funny thing is that people now think Franklin was joking because they think he was talking about the big, fat, dumb animal on farms most people think of as turkeys and not these dinosaurs I see around here:
Note the great big spike on the back of the legs near grass level. They will rip your fucking belly open if you get between them and their mate.
Oh, and they can fly. They can't fly far, but they can fly.
Yeah wild turkeys don't fuck around. They will ruin your week if they feel like it
Finally some real change.
Fucking who cares???
Dumb twats who watch Fox News all day
So... Will you guys start using their real call instead of the Red Hawk's?
Nah im just gonna use the hawk tua call
thats america, always focused on the important things like naming post offices and national whatevers.
still have the dead-kid tax required to keep the 2nd amendment alive and well.
The bald eagle bill was one of 50 pieces of legislation that Biden signed into law on Christmas Eve
But you're worried about this one bill
and soon it will die of bird flu
What about the noble turkey?? Ben Franklin just rolling plumply in his grave right now.
Then we can't eat turkeys anymore because the national bird is usually protected.
We'll eat eagles.
The absolute irony being that eating things is a major case -for- species conservation, like turkeys, which had a population rebound thanks largely to hunting license funds.
:)
Missed chance to swap to the much more badass golden eagle. Or be honest about the state of American democracy and choose the dodo..
I have never been more proud to be an American than right now, when we as a country made official a thing that most Americans already thought was a thing. No effort wasted it other important tasks passed over getting this important piece of legislation through. God Bless the USA.
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Wouldn't 250 years be in 2026?
Glorified seagull.
There are a few living near here, I'll let them know. I'm sure they'll be thrilled.
"Thanks Joe, now I am officially as free as a Bald Eagle, I'm ready to become president next month"
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