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

Jay, Florida’s only unique bird species, continues to wait its turn but, year after year, its chances die on the Senate floor ...

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 ...

The Florida scrub jay could be one step closer to becoming the official state songbird now that the leading opponent of the ...

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

Both the Steller’s jay and the blue jay have conspicuous crests and wings and tail barred with black. See also the Florida scrub-jay and the island scrub-jay (which do not overlap in range).

From the towns and the cities. From the hills of Tallahassee, the people shout with glee, “The Florida Scrub-Jay is the new state bird!”. If only this were true. The Florida Scrub-Jay ...

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

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A group of flamingos is known as a flamboyance, and they’re looking to add some color to Florida’s state symbols. Florida House Representative Jim Mooney Jr., Key Largo ...