when was the brown thrasher adopted and why
In 1928, the school children of Georgia selected the brown thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) as the state bird. Proposals were made to the Legislature and bills to adopt the brown thrasher as the state bird were introduced, but no action was taken. On April 6, 1935, the brown thrasher was declared the state bird of Georgia by proclamation of Governor Eugene Talmadge.