The State Birds are Garbage 

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Mocking people like that just encourages and validates them, but I have to say, "mockingbird" is apt for a politician that does nothing but parrot ideological and organizational propaganda, shoehorning it into every possible context, in order to signal their brand.

Cody approved

Yeah, but they were just trolling.

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So did the flamingo for florida

Hey Brian, please allow me to comment on your belief about the California Condor. Yes, government agencies and volunteers have worked hard to maintain a "wild" population of condor in California. The issue I have is condors have not recovered in spite of all the effort. The remaining few hundred birds are not capable of sustaining themselves. They rely on humans for much of their food and overall well-being. They are not truly wild birds at all. The decline of the condor is not about habitat loss or really about human activity. The condor evolved in North America to feed on carcasses of the large mammals that used to inhabit North America, species that went extinct eons ago for a variety of reasons, including (pre-fossil fuel) climate change and predation by humans when humans were still hunter gatherers. These were natural evolutionary processes. The efforts to save these birds, in my view, is misguided. Over many hundreds of millions of years, species like dinosaurs and millions of others have had their time on Earth and due to failure to adapt to ever-changing environments and cataclysms like meteor strikes and volcanism -- again, natural processes -- have gone extinct. Otherwise we'd still have T-Rex terrorizing us. Long before humans evolved on Earth. So, why do we feel it's important to "save" this bird? Compare the condor with Bald Eagle and Peregrine Falcon. Both these species were also targeted for preservation efforts, which have been hugely successful. Once DDT was banned, and with some interventions by humans, both species have thrived and are near to, if they have not already, been removed from federal endangered species strictest protections. The condor is a majestic creature, no doubt. It had its time. That time passed.

@@venturino1962 The Californian condor was driven to extinction by humans in the same way that almost all vultures have been, we poisoned their food (accidentally...mostly). For the Californian Condor, it was lead poisoning from buckshot. Vulture restaurants are used worldwide to protect vulture populations from human contaminated carrion (in other countries it is a drug used in cattle), and it's very effective. Given the chance the Californian Condor could return to the US at large, it just needs time and we can give it that.

I definitely think birds with cultural or historical significance to that state make perfect state birds.

I have to say it is strongly the opposite for me. This was a good video though

Yay for being the cool aunt, as the weirdo aunt is of course a subtype of the cool aunt branch.

Definitely, then the close with "Two birds on a wire". The song choices here really make the video.

I was racking my brain to try and figure out a song from the start, until I figured out the theme, and realized it was "Two Doves" by Dirty Projectors. Amazing.

And "Mockingbird"

"seven swans" when (eventually) talking about (three) swans, too

No love for _I Ran_ by A Flock of Seagulls during the bit on the California Seagull in Utah, huh?

This is so fucking accurate

And Jon Bois animation style/absurd detail

@@ben-jammin121 He is all of these, and he traveled to Florida. Do I spy Nick Robinson? 👀

Lmao I literally just described this channel on first impression to my brother as if Bill Wurtz and exurb1a combined into one person, dropped acid, and forgot how to speak. But that was just after seeing the animated cat film. Now I see that they do remember how to speak after CGP grey joined in on the acid trip

@@ben-jammin121 I was also gonna add the visuals reminded me of Jon Bois

Because we're the best

RIP Don Featherstone

New Mexico’s most unique is the chihuahuan raven, but they should %100 keep the roadrunner

Yes the Jon bois compliment is great.

Oh cool! I read a news article about your efforts! I support that proposal because it would bring awareness to an endangered habitat.

@@robertborland5083 my bill was in the 90s so you probably read about the newer proposal. It's doomed because it just is, but they also didn't do their legal research, they don't cite either of the 2 previous attempts.

Yeah, Minnesota got totally written off. They have one of the best state birds no doubt

Loon should definitely stay - Minnesota-Ontario state bird loon solidarity

The new state flag of Mississippi is awesome

Agreed, Mississippi's state flag is gorgeous... totally worth a complex shape like a magnolia flower, if it looks like that! Plus, describing it as a "white flower" would still produce a recognizable flag, so the complexity is a moot point!

Seven Swans by Sufjan Stevens won me over

"wonder why that happened"

Yeah and the Mockingbird is literally gray, brown and black haha

Playing No Scrubs by TLC while traveling to the scrublands of FL is the attention to detail I needed.

Also Eminem's mockingbird

@@JayanthRajakumar Came to the comments looking for this, got a good chuckle out of me when the Mockingbird instrumental started playing

The same reason our state cat is the calico, it looks like our flag, or the coat of arms.

And ngl I think the Oriole trumps any kind of seagull anyday.

I did not know this. *The more you know!*

Yup the moment i hear a loon i think of Minnesota.

Haha. I was going to say it sounds like the Radiolab dude

Not just rainforests, but in forests all across both halves of the state. Migratory thrushes even winter in the Scrublands. And the call at evening time is a mysterious thing, carrying out of the depths of the woods, seeming to echo itself even as it rises in pitch.

What is your country / regional state bird ?

@@CastleBomb44 Ontario Canada, so the common loon!

It made me cry haha

Yes. And grouse rhymes with louse not with goose

testify

Karen here would like to speak with Jam's manager about his pronunciation of the word Tanager

And Waterthrush are warblers

@@ManticorePinion actually he got that right - he does (more or less) say that they are warblers

How many shrimp would you have to eat

@@mappsy1991 before they make your feathers pink

Not sure, but be careful. Shrimp are pretty rich.

The Loon is great! I just wanted to show all the most unique birds I found, even for the states that fit all my rules.

You betcha! "Ontario adopted the common loon (Gavia immer) as its official bird on June 23, 1994." "The loon (Gavia immer) became Minnesota’s state bird in 1961."

They used the same quotes from Marion Hammer that I found, so I think one of the writers must have seen this!

The most unique (numbers wise) I found for Oklahoma was the LeConte's Sparrow, but the scissortail is a solid state bird I wouldn't change that.

Two birds on a wire, perfect for the vid!

Haha that’s why I’m here too!

Fair enough! Uniqueness is just one metric to go off of, cultural value is the best way to pick a symbol, but that's very hard to gauge. I went for the endemic birds, because I like the idea of using the state birds as a way to promote conserving species that are smaller in population.