Rowan County

Quiz - Bird Brain An Ornithological Quiz. Benjamin Franklin disapproved of making the bald eagle the national bird of the young United States. In a letter to his daughter, Franklin explained that he considered the eagle "of bad moral character," prone to stealing the prey of other, more noble birds. Franklin preferred the turkey, which he considered "a more respectable bird and withal a true original native of America." Long considered one of the most endangered species in the United States, by 1941 whooping cranes had dropped to a total population of just 21 birds. After intense aerial searches, zoologists found their nesting ground, and by removing eggs to hatch in captivity, they were able to increase the population to 180 birds in the wild and 130 birds in captivity by 1999.


	The Appalachian Preservation Society Rowan County Quiz - Bird Brain An Ornithological Quiz. Benjamin Franklin disapproved of making the bald eagle the national bird of the young United States. In a letter to his daughter, Franklin explained that he considered the eagle "of bad moral character," prone to stealing the prey of other, more noble birds. Franklin preferred the turkey, which he considered "a more respectable bird and withal a true original native of America." Long considered one of the most endangered species in the United States, by 1941 whooping cranes had dropped to a total population of just 21 birds. After intense aerial searches, zoologists found their nesting ground, and by removing eggs to hatch in captivity, they were able to increase the population to 180 birds in the wild and 130 birds in captivity by 1999.