Florida lawmakers have been dissing the scrub-jay for 26 years now. It’s time for Florida’s only uniquely native bird to play ...

A bill to make the flamingo the Florida state bird and scrub-jay the state songbird could finally make that happen.

Readers have a lot to say – about everything from scrub-jays and Florida’s SAT scores to Orlando hospitals and one, ...

For nearly a century, the mockingbird has reigned supreme as the state bird of Florida, surviving multiple coup attempts by ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Republican Rep. Jim Mooney filed a bill last Friday that would designate the American flamingo as the ...

Mooney on Friday filed legislation ( HB 81) for the 2025 legislative session to make the American flamingo the official state ...

For the state's 2024 legislative session, Mooney filed a bill on Dec. 6, 2023 with the same purpose of replacing the ...

After several failed attempts over the years to change Florida's state bird, a legislator is taking another crack at ...

Florida lawmakers could again consider replacing the mockingbird as the state bird. Bills backing the flamingo and the scrub ...

A bill has been filed to change Florida’s state bird from the mockingbird to the flamingo and make the scrub jay the state’s ...

A state representative from the Florida Keys has filed a bill to make the American flamingo Florida's official state bird.

In fact, the anti-mockingbirders point out, both the scrub jay and flamingo are native Floridians. Flamingo supporters also argue their bird is widely associated with Florida, having been long ...