Digital artist painstakingly breaks down why our state birds suck

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From flags, to wildflowers, to guns, to dinosaurs—Americans sure love to proudly declare some official state nouns. One of the most popular representations often takes the form of a state bird, but as a recent deep dive from digital artist Jam2Go (aka James Dalzell Hodge) reveals, the cute, feathery winged creature you learned about in kindergarten isn’t nearly as original and emblematic as you were led to believe. In fact, it’s pretty safe to say that most of our state bird choices over the years have been straight-up garbage.