Sit down by them & try to eat.

Lots of hawks, eagles, blue and white herons, snowy egrets, and sandhill cranes.

We occasionally have a mockingbird perch atop our chimney in the morning and sing his brains out; the complexity of its song is amazing.

The main reason why a Republican would want to change the state bird is just to be a dick.

Starting with the wildlife refuges. They’re generally not gonna come and perch at your birdfeeder or hang out in your yard.

That said, the state bird issue continues to be a political football. Years ago there was a movement to have the Scrub Jay become our state bird. Then later they put it to the school kids to vote and they chose the Osprey.