Bird images on US coins

I was sorting through some loose change the other day when I noticed a US quarter coin with a striking image of a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher on the reverse. It was part of the US Mint’s “state quarters” series. That made me wonder how many other states had elected to depict a bird on their respective “state quarters”. Nine state quarters have bird images. My two favorites are Idaho and Oklahoma.

Here are the results of my search:

* Arkansas – Mallard. See: http://www.usmint.gov/historianscorner/?action=coinDetail&id=29124
* California – California Condor. See: http://www.usmint.gov/historianscorner/?action=coinDetail&id=29167
* Idaho – Peregrine Falcon. See: http://www.usmint.gov/historianscorner/?action=coinDetail&id=29151
* Louisiana – Brown Pelican. See: http://www.usmint.gov/historianscorner/?action=coinDetail&id=29203
* Maine – Two unidentifiable seabirds. See: http://www.usmint.gov/historianscorner/?action=coinDetail&id=29194
* Minnesota – Common Loon. See: http://www.usmint.gov/historianscorner/?action=coinDetail&id=29170
* Oklahoma – Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. See: http://www.usmint.gov/historianscorner/?action=coinDetail&id=29576
* South Carolina – Carolina Wren. See: http://www.usmint.gov/historianscorner/?action=coinDetail&id=29139
* South Dakota – Ring-necked Pheasant (only quarter to feature a non-native species) http://www.usmint.gov/historianscorner/?action=coinDetail&id=29110