Starting in 1927, state birds began to be selected by states. The first states to adopt a state bird were Alabama, Florida, Maine, Missouri, Oregon, Texas and Wyoming. The last state to pick its ...

Maine voted to have the chickadee as our state bird in 1927. Massachusetts voted to have the chickadee - and they specified the black-capped chickadee - in 1941. CORNISH: OK.

Maine lawmakers are split over which chickadee should be named the official state bird. The chickadee was designated as the state bird in 1927, but there are two types of chickadees found in Maine.

Other than Maine, Utah is the only other state that has an ambiguous official bird: a generic seagull. Most Utahns believe the designation is for the California seagull, which gobbled up swarms of ...

BY THE NUMBERS 464: Number of documented bird species in Maine. 290: Number native to Maine or regular guests. 136: Number considered rare or accidental. 5: Number introduced and established. 4 ...

A debate is brewing in Maine over the state bird — the chickadee. There's more than one type of chickadee in Maine — and bird experts say the state should pick one.