WordPlay: State Birds in the Spelling Bee
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The Spelling Bee lexicon includes the names of many different kinds of birds, as listed in the LexiTopics on Animals HERE.
Most American states and territories have designated a State Bird, usually one that is common in the state or represents something special about the state. Several American states have also named a state game bird, waterfowl, raptor, migratory bird, etc.
Just for fun, LexiConnexxions reviewed state bird lists to see how many might be matched up to the bird names in the Spelling Bee lexicon. By bending a few definitions, we came up with those shown below.
The Bee words are shown in ALL CAPS, followed by the relevant state(s) and their state bird(s).
Most American states and territories have designated a State Bird, usually one that is common in the state or represents something special about the state. Several American states have also named a state game bird, waterfowl, raptor, migratory bird, etc.
Just for fun, LexiConnexxions reviewed state bird lists to see how many might be matched up to the bird names in the Spelling Bee lexicon. By bending a few definitions, we came up with those shown below.
The Bee words are shown in ALL CAPS, followed by the relevant state(s) and their state bird(s).
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STATE BIRDS in the Spelling Bee lexicon
BUNTING Colorado: Lark Bunting
CHICKADEEMaine: Black-capped ChickadeeMassachusetts: Black-capped Chickadee
CHICKENDelaware: Blue Hen ChickenRhode Island: Rhode Island Red HenOther chicken words in the Spelling Bee lexicon: bantam biddy capon chick cock fowl poultry
CUCKOONew Mexico: RoadrunnerRoadrunners are members of the cuckoo family, in the subfamily called New World ground cuckoos.
DOVENorthern Mariana Islands: Mariana Fruit-doveWisconsin: Eastern Mourning Dove (state symbol of peace)
DUCKMichigan: Wood Duck (state duck)Mississippi: Wood Duck (state waterfowl)South Carolina: Wood Duck (state duck)
EAGLE, EAGLETAmerican Samoa: [Bald Eagle is on their flag]
FINCHIowa: Eastern GoldfinchNew Hampshire: Purple FinchNew Jersey: Eastern GoldfinchWashington: Willow Goldfinch
GULLUtah: California Gull
HAWKNew Hampshire: Red-tailed Hawk (state raptor)
CHICKADEEMaine: Black-capped ChickadeeMassachusetts: Black-capped Chickadee
CHICKENDelaware: Blue Hen ChickenRhode Island: Rhode Island Red HenOther chicken words in the Spelling Bee lexicon: bantam biddy capon chick cock fowl poultry
CUCKOONew Mexico: RoadrunnerRoadrunners are members of the cuckoo family, in the subfamily called New World ground cuckoos.
DOVENorthern Mariana Islands: Mariana Fruit-doveWisconsin: Eastern Mourning Dove (state symbol of peace)
DUCKMichigan: Wood Duck (state duck)Mississippi: Wood Duck (state waterfowl)South Carolina: Wood Duck (state duck)
EAGLE, EAGLETAmerican Samoa: [Bald Eagle is on their flag]
FINCHIowa: Eastern GoldfinchNew Hampshire: Purple FinchNew Jersey: Eastern GoldfinchWashington: Willow Goldfinch
GULLUtah: California Gull
HAWKNew Hampshire: Red-tailed Hawk (state raptor)
KNOTDelaware: Red knot (state migratory bird)
LARKKansas: Western MeadowlarkMontana: Western MeadowlarkNebraska: Western MeadowlarkNorth Dakota: Western MeadowlarkOregon: Western MeadowlarkWyoming: Western MeadowlarkMeadowlarks are not true larks, but are members of the family of New World blackbirds.
LOONMinnesota: Common Loon
NENEHawaii: Nene
PELICANLouisiana: Brown Pelican
RAILGuam: Guam Rail
RAPTORIdaho: Peregrine Falcon (state raptor)Oregon: Osprey (state raptor)
ROBINConnecticut: American RobinMichigan: American RobinWisconsin: American Robin
TYRANTOklahoma: Scissor-tailed FlycatcherThe elegant Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is one of several hundred insect-eating birds known as tyrant flycatchers.
LARKKansas: Western MeadowlarkMontana: Western MeadowlarkNebraska: Western MeadowlarkNorth Dakota: Western MeadowlarkOregon: Western MeadowlarkWyoming: Western MeadowlarkMeadowlarks are not true larks, but are members of the family of New World blackbirds.
LOONMinnesota: Common Loon
NENEHawaii: Nene
PELICANLouisiana: Brown Pelican
RAILGuam: Guam Rail
RAPTORIdaho: Peregrine Falcon (state raptor)Oregon: Osprey (state raptor)
ROBINConnecticut: American RobinMichigan: American RobinWisconsin: American Robin
TYRANTOklahoma: Scissor-tailed FlycatcherThe elegant Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is one of several hundred insect-eating birds known as tyrant flycatchers.