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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Florida lawmakers could again consider replacing the mockingbird with the flamingo as the state bird. The scrub jay would ...

Republican Representative Jim Mooney filed House Bill 81 on Jan. 3 proposing to make the American flamingo the state bird, ...

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Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas also claim the mockingbird as state bird. In fact, the anti-mockingbirders point out, both the scrub jay and flamingo are native Floridians.