Too bad it's neither a lark nor a bunting... Chip Clouse Olde Town Arvada On Apr 2, 2016 5:53 AM, "Janeal Thompson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> You had me going for a second. I would like to note, my dear friends, Tom > and Sara Shane of Garden City, KS (Tom is the author of the Lark Bunting > account for BNA) pointed out to me there is very little representation of > our State Bird, the Lark Bunting, on any Colorado memoriablia as found in > tourist gift shops, truck stops, etc.. So for the past few years, when > traveling through-out the State, I always check for cups, shirts, plates, > maps with our beautiful Lark Bunting to show them how proud we are of our > bunting. So far I've found a refrigerator magnet. > > Janeal Thompson > Lamar (Prowers County) CO > > On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 10:39 AM, Chris Goulart <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> In a widely anticipated move, the Colorado state legislature's >> Committee on Natural Resources decided along a party line vote to replace >> the Lark Bunting as the official State Bird. >> >> The new state bird will be the Eurasian collared-Dove. According to >> committee chair woman Lisa Green, The change was necessitated due to the >> dwindling population of Lark buntings (much like the declining number of >> native Coloradoans). >> >> The aggressive expansion of the Eurasian collared Dove has made it an >> ideal candidate to replace the Lark Bunting. According to Miss Green "the >> Eurasian collared Dove represent everything that is good about the state of >> Colorado". It is highly aggressive, moves into new territory without much >> thought of the previous occupant, and is generally taking over every square >> inch of territory that it finds." >> >> All official documents and references to the Lark Bunting our >> anticipated to be removed by the end of this month. >> >> Chris Goulart >> Aurora Colorado >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/d9ed4997-7875-49d1-9547-d5885a9cef06%40googlegroups.com >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAEpG4NEVy%2Bt6R%3DitexEDKpxw7vJaBdnYw9Jgq-R-wTfuk9HvNw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAEpG4NEVy%2Bt6R%3DitexEDKpxw7vJaBdnYw9Jgq-R-wTfuk9HvNw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAPHVJejJTri91W%2Bo4pgOEdz4uSvHkuYXT8RVb_Rqfd65vX9%3DGw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
