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Alabama State Bird
Adoption of the Alabama State Bird
By an act of the Alabama Legislature, the yellow-hammer was approved as the official bird of Alabama on September 6, 1927. About the Alabama State BirdAccording to George Earlie Shankle, Ph.D.,
The same uniforms have inspired people to refer to Alabama as the Yellowhammer State and, at times, to its citizens as "Yellowhammers". The bird named as the yellow-hammer by the Alabama Legislature back in 1927 is most often referred to today as the northern flicker, common flicker or simply flicker. Yellow-hammer is more often spelled yellowhammer. The northern flicker is a woodpecker with strong claws for climbing, a stiff tail for maintaining balance and for leverage, and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects. The Code of Alabama 1975The following information is excerpted from The Code of Alabama 1975, Title 1, Chapter 2, Section 1-2-7. TITLE 1.
The bird commonly called the yellow-hammer is hereby designated the state bird. (Acts 1927, No. 542, p. 628; Code 1940, T. 55, §7.) Additional Information
Colaptes auratus (Northern Flicker): University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web. State Bird List: List of all of the state birds. Alabama Bird Watching: A Year-Round Guide: by Bill Thompson III with the staff of Bird Watcher's Digest. Coveside Northern Flicker House: The Northern Flicker is a woodpecker that utilizes a bird house quite readily. Prefers open country with trees, parks and large gardens; especially in or at the edge of open woods. (17-3/4"h x 9-1/4"w x 11"d). Bird Feeders and Accessories: Backyard Birding > Bird Feeders & Accessories from Amazon.com. 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. 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S. Shearer, Greenwood Press, 2002 State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers and Other Symbols: A Study based on historical documents giving the origin and significance of the state names, nicknames, mottoes, seals, flowers, birds, songs, and descriptive comments on the capitol buildings and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: The Code of Alabama 1975, (http://www.legislature.state.al.us/CodeofAlabama/1975/coatoc.htm), April 6, 2005
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