Madison, Wisconsin named the plastic flamingo as its official bird in 2009 due to a prank at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1979. The state bird of Wisconsin is the robin. Wisconsin is known for its dairy production and was where the Republican party was founded.
The plastic flamingo is indeed the official bird of a U.S. city: In 2009, Madison, Wisconsin named the pink plastic bird its official bird by a vote of 15 to four. Although pink plastic flamingos are generally used as lawn ornaments, the city settled on them as the official bird due to a prank that occurred at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1979. Students planted over 1,000 plastic flamingos on the lawn of the principal’s office on the first day of class and the prank has become a well-known part of Madison city history. The official bird of the entire state of Wisconsin is the robin.
Learn more about Wisconsin:
Although Wisconsin is known as the “Bew State,” it isn’t due to a high badger population—the name is due to its early settlers being miners who dug into the hills for shelter similar to badgers.
Known for its dairy production and referred to as “The Dairy Capital” of the United States, Wisconsin is home to over 1.2 billion dairy cows.
The Republican political party was founded in Wisconsin at a meeting in 1854.
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