guys my plane is broken she wont stop honking
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opinion on the california quail as a state bird?
Ooh, thank you for the question! Love the questions! As for the California Quail (Callipepla californica): love it. Genuinely a great state bird. It's iconic in appearance, has a breeding range mostly contained within California, and genuinely very charming. It was also selected by the Audubon Society of California, which...yeah! That's great! I'm gonna be honest, it's a hard one to argue against as state bird of California.
With...one EXTREMELY major exception, that is.
Yeaaaaaaaaaah. Yeaaaaah. Yeah.
I dunno, I'll let these two battle it out in polls (with a few other birds I can think of that could take the title), but the California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) is also a real contender for the title. It's also an extremely iconic bird in appearance, it does currently breed in the state (and only in the state, for that matter), it's recognizable to most people, and maybe most importantly, it's a bird of real conservation concern. It has an incredibly dramatic story, making it a very charismatic species that can bring people into the world of birds very easily, ESPECially if you're from San Diego (which I, admittedly, am originally).
However, does a charismatic species deserve the title of state bird more? Does it deserve more attention? After all, charismatic species are genuinely a major problem in terms of conservation because they take attention away from the species that aren't as charismatic. And wait, California Quails are charismatic, in their own adorable way. But they're also EXCEEDINGLY common in the state, and elsewhere, so they don't need the conservation effort...right? But the habitats they often live and breed in also deserve to be preserved, so...shit. What's the right choice here?
AND WHAT ABOUT THE YELLOW-BILLED MAGPIE (Pica nuttalli)
Yeah...it's a solid question. Love the quail, I really do, but is it the best candidate here? Not sure. I have a while to think about that, so I'll formulate my opinion on this by then.
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Updating my PNGtuber for my tuesday and thursday night streams
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