Starting in 1927, state birds began to be selected by states. The first states to adopt a state bird were Alabama, Florida, Maine, Missouri, Oregon, Texas and Wyoming. The last state to pick its ...

March 21 was known as "Bird Day in Missouri" from 1917–1973 until a revision in state law unintentionally wiped it off the books, according to a 2001 Kansas City Star report.

Dairy cattle traveling to the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia will need to test negative for H5N1, or bird flu. H5N1 avian influenza was detected in dairy herds across the United States in spring.

Missouri last detected the virus in birds on Feb. 23. More than 600,000 birds in the state tested positive since the outbreak began in 2022.

Missouri reported its first confirmed human case of bird flu in a person who reported no exposure to animals, the state's health department said Friday. The case brings the national total to 14 so ...