Like many states, Pennsylvania has a state bird, but it’s likely few residents could identify one if they saw it. The Pennsylvania legislature names the Ruffed Grouse state bird on July 22, 1931, which was relied on by early settlers as a food source. While we know that Mrs. Harry J. Shoemaker, Chairman of Birds and Flowers, as well as the officers of the State Federation of Women’s Clubs encouraged this choice, but there appears to be no record of why they were so enamored with this particular bird. The Ruffed Grouse is one of 10 native grouse species native to the U.S. They live in 38 states, mostly in…