I was delighted to see that I was not the only one questioning the species on the license plate and that someone, much to my amusement, had corrected this confusion by putting a "real" Carolina Wren on the plate.
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South Carolina License Plate
Submitted by Adrian Binns
I often wondered what bird they were depicting when I first
noticed the South Carolina license plate. It always struck me that it looked
liked a Yellow Warbler with a supercillium. Art as we all know is always interpreted
differently by everyone, so the chances are that this is the artist's 'loose'
vision of a Carolina Wren, just like the name Carolina Wren is obviously a 'loose'
term for its range. In keeping with this 'loose' theme, fittingly, the Carolina
Wren is after all South Carolina's state bird, even though it's scientific name
is ludovicianus meaning "of louisiana", where the first specimen
was collected.
I was delighted to see that I was not the only one questioning the species on
the license plate and that someone, much to my amusement, had corrected this
confusion by putting a "real" Carolina Wren on the plate.
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