Saturday, November 19, 2011

What is the state bird and flower for california?

Bird----California Quail ~ Lophortyx californicus


Common in the chaparral slopes and valleys of the Pacific coastal mountains, the wily Quail scouts insure the safety of the brood by screeching at the approach of a hunter. Refusing to flush, the birds scuttle away or hide in trees until the hunter leaves. Besides being an excellent game bird, the California Quail brings its color and personality to gardens and city parks.





Flower---California Poppy ~ Eschscholtzia californica


Before civilization dotted the West with villages, homesteads, and orchards, California Poppies formed a blanket of gold which stretched from the foothills to the sea; and it is said that Spanish sailors, seeding the land glowing so brilliantly, named it the Land of Fire. When they later discovered that the brightness was the sunglow on red-gold-poppies, they called the flowers "cups of gold." California Poppies now scatter their gold generously in flower gardens the world over, but nowhere are they quite so lovely as in their native home.

What is the state bird and flower for california?
Bird - Quail


Flower - Poppy
Reply:The flower is golden poppy and the bird is vally quail
Reply:The state bird is the Golden Eagle, and the state flower is the Poppy.
Reply:California Poppy- varies in color from yellow to orange


The California quail (Lophortyx californica)








For more information, see http://www.library.ca.gov/history/cahins...
Reply:flower-golden poppy


bird- vally quail.
Reply:California quail and the california poppy.





thats a lot of california.
Reply:State Bird is the California quail (Lophortyx californica), also known as the valley quail, became the official state bird in 1931.





State Flower is California poppy - California Indians cherished the poppy as both a source of food and for oil extracted from the plant. Its botanical name, Eschsholtzia californica, was given by Adelbert Von Chamisso, a naturalist and member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences, who dropped anchor in San Francisco in 1816 in a bay surrounded by hills of the golden flowers.
Reply:Bird: California Quail





The California Quail, Callipepla californica, also known as the California Valley Quail or Valley Quail, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It is the state bird of California.





Flower: California Poppy





The California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) is native to grassy and open areas from sea level to 2,000m (6,500 feet) altitude in the western United States throughout California, extending to Oregon, southern Washington, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and in Mexico in Sonora and northwest Baja California.


The California poppy is the California state flower. It was selected as the state flower by the California State Floral Society in December 1890, winning out over the Mariposa lily (genus Calochortus) and the Matilija poppy (Romneya coulteri) by a landslide, but the state legislature did not make the selection official until 1903. Its golden blooms were deemed a fitting symbol for the Golden State. April 6 of each year is designated "California Poppy Day."


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