Bettmann via Getty Images For more than 200 years ... But until this month, there was no national bird on the books. Preston Cook, an avid collector of bald eagle memorabilia, brought the issue ...
National Bird Day was established in 2002 by the Avian Welfare Coalition (AWC), a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of birds from cruelty and abuse. The day is celebrated in ...
While it's been a symbol of the nation since its the early days, it took President Joe Biden's signature on Christmas Eve to make it the country's national bird. Legislation introduced by ...