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  2. List of Minnesota state symbols - Wikipedia

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    A common loon is depicted on the state seal. [6] Originally, eight bird choices were proposed in the late 1940s, which in addition to the common loon included the eastern goldfinch, the mourning dove, the pileated woodpecker, the scarlet tanager, and the wood duck. [1] Each of these were eligible because they were not the state birds of another ...

  3. Common loon - Wikipedia

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    Cassell's book of birds, ca 1875. The common loon appears on Canadian currency, including the one-dollar "loonie" coin and the previous series of $20 bills. [100] It is the provincial bird of Ontario. [101] It was designated the state bird of the U.S. state of Minnesota in 1961, [102] and also appears on the Minnesota State Quarter. [103]

  4. List of U.S. state birds - Wikipedia

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    The northern cardinal is the state bird of seven states, ... Minnesota: Common loon: Gavia immer: 1961 [29] Mississippi: Northern mockingbird: Mimus polyglottos: 1944 ...

  5. Minnesota state bird to get its due at National Loon Center ...

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    CROSSLAKE, MINN. — An $18.5 million facility dedicated to the state bird is expected to break ground this fall and draw 200,000 visitors annually once doors to the Nation Loon Center open here ...

  6. Minn. commission picks state seal finalist that includes a loon

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    Minnesota's new state seal will showcase a loon at its center, the first major re-design of the official stamp of government since statehood in 1858. Members of the State Emblems Redesign ...

  7. Loon - Wikipedia

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    The common loon is the provincial bird of Ontario and is depicted on the Canadian one-dollar coin, which has come to be known affectionately as the "loonie". [43] The common loon is the official state bird of Minnesota. [44] Mercer, Wisconsin, promotes itself as the "Loon Capital of the World". [45]

  8. List of birds of Minnesota - Wikipedia

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    The common loon is the state bird of Minnesota. This list of birds of Minnesota includes species documented in the U.S. state of Minnesota and accepted by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Records Committee (MOURC). As of October 2020, there are 446 species included in the official list.

  9. Laser loon lives: The second life of Minnesota state flag(s)

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    Yet laser loon lives — on flags, on totes, on stickers, on any surface that could be improved by the addition of a laser loon. ... "Minnesota's new official state flag will be raised for the ...