Montana State Bird
Adoption of the Montana State Bird
The meadowlark was chosen as the State bird of Montana in 1930 by a vote of the school children of the state. By an act of the Montana Legislature, the western meadow lark was adopted as the official state bird on March 14, 1931. The act read, in part:
The Montana Code Annotated
The following information is excerpted from the Montana Code Annotated, Title 1, Chapter 1, Section 1-1-504.
TITLE 1. GENERAL LAWS AND DEFINITIONS
History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 149, L. 1931; re-en. Sec. 530.1, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 19-116.
Western Meadowlark: Cornell Lab of Ornithology: All About Birds.
State Bird List: List of all of the state birds.
Birds Of Montana: Field Guide: by Stan Tekiela.
The Lewis & Clark Expedition: Montana's First Bird Inventory Through the Eyes of Lewis and Clark: by Kenneth C. Walcheck.
State Birds & Flowers 1000-pc Puzzle: Created at the request of The National Wildlife Federation this design is a beautiful and informative puzzle featuring every state bird perched on the appropriate state flower.
Bird Feeders and Accessories: Backyard Birding > Bird Feeders & Accessories from Amazon.com.
State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols: A Historical Guide, Third Edition - Benjamin F. Shearer and Barbara S. Shearer, Greenwood Press, 2002
State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers and Other Symbols: A Study based on historical documents giving the origin and significance of the state names, nicknames, mottoes, seals, flowers, birds, songs, and descriptive comments on the capitol buildings and on some of the leading state histories, Revised Edition - George Earlie Shankle, Ph.D., The H.W. Wilson Company, 1938 (Reprint Services Corp. 1971)
Source: Montana Code Annotated, (http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/mca_toc/index.htm), April 11, 2005
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