State Birds Ruler

12" Wooden Ruler made in U.S.A. of American-grown basswood. The first American state to designate a state bird was the state of Kentucky. They picked the Northern Cardinal on February 26, 1926, although they called it the Kentucky cardinal.  But that was not the first time a state had chosen an emblem. Washington chose the rhododendron as its state flower as early as 1892. Some birds are popular with many a state. Five states, Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas all claim the Northern Mockingbird as their state bird. The Western Meadowlark is the state bird of six states, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, and Wyoming. Many birds were designated as state bird by just one state, such as the Quail in California, or the Ruffled Grouse in Pennsylvania. Some birds couldn’t possibly be picked by any other state. The Rhode Island Red wouldn’t be at home in any other state than Rhode Island, and the same goes for the Common Loon in Minnesota, the Nene in Hawaii,