House Joint Resolution No. 21

WHEREAS, Oklahoma is the center of the nesting range of the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Muscivora Forficata, and no other State has adopted the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher as it's State bird; and

WHEREAS, the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is of great economic value, its diet consisting almost entirely of insects of non-useful and harmful species, and it is protected throughout the year by law; and

WHEREAS, the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is of striking and beautiful appearance, is graceful and attractive in flight, and is easily identifiable; and

WHEREAS, the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, in appearance and habits commands both respect and admiration; and

WHEREAS, the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher has been endorsed as the official State Bird of Oklahoma by many ornithologists and biologists of the various colleges and universities of the State of Oklahoma, by societies devoted to the study and preservation of wildlife, and by authors nationally know for their contribution to the study of birds.

Now, Therefore, be it resolved by the House of Representatives and by the State Senate of the Twenty-third Legislature of the State of Oklahoma:

SECTION 1. Adopted as State bird. The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Muscivora Forficata, is hereby designated and adopted as the State Bird of the State of Oklahoma.

SECTION 2. "Bird Day"--May 1st. May 1st of each year is hereby established as "Bird Day" in Oklahoma, to be commemorated in such manner as the Societies for the Preservation of Wildlife may prescribe, from time to time.

Approved May 26, 1951. Emergency.
[SECTION 1. codified in the Oklahoma Statutes in Title 25, Section 98.]
[SECTION 2. codified in the Oklahoma Statutes in Title 25, Section 87.]

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