The Maryland flag has four colors and a distinctively medieval look.
So, it is only natural that the state bird is an oriole with its coloring
and the state flower is the black-eyed susan.
The funny thing is that I never saw either one until I moved to the Midwest.
Here I have also seen many eagles and bluebirds. There is nothing like seeing a bluebird and a cardinal in the same tree at the same time.
We see hummingbirds right up against our window many days when the dropmore honeysuckle blossoms.
