Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The vast majority of states chose pretty little songbirds as their state bird. Massachusetts went with the black-capped chickadee.

Playing chicken with United States Department of Defense isn’t a good idea, but that’s what the Animal Welfare League of Arlington said Henny Penny did. And the Rhode Island Red hen lived to tell.

The vast majority of states chose pretty little songbirds as their state bird. Massachusetts went with the black-capped chickadee. Connecticut went for the ubiquitous American robin. The Northern ...