BIRDS OF AMERICA: THE BLUE HEN CHICKEN

BIRDS OF AMERICA: THE BLUE HEN CHICKEN

State Bird of Delaware

By John James Audubon, F. R. SS. L. & E.

The Delaware state bird, the Blue Hen Chicken, is a domestic bird (chicken) and therefore has no place in Audubon's Birds of America, which is comprised exclusively of wild birds native to North America.

Adopted as the official state bird on April 14, 1939, the Blue Hen Chicken had long been used as a motif in numerous political campaigns and in many publications.

Mais:  http://www.50states.com/bird/bluehen.htm#.UpV3m8RDu8Y