Both the scrub jay and mockingbird were spotted on tree branches before flying off to avoid approaching humans. On the wide, sandy trails of the park, it’s easy to see ample of both birds.

Florida scrub jay families have lived in parts of Florida for 650,000 Florida scrub jay generations. This feathered Floridian ...

NORTH PORT – The Environmental Conservancy of North Port is seeking to raise $15,500 by May 31 to purchase a quarter-acre lot in an active Florida Scrub-jay zone off of Armour Terrace in the city.

Global warming is impacting a one-of-a-kind bird species in Florida in a way that is surprising ornithologists, a study found. Populations of the Florida scrub-jay, the only bird found solely in ...

Florida Scrub Jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, USA, February 2017. By Kirsty Nadine via iStock for WMNF News. Several environmental groups have ...

The Florida scrub-jay would also be recognized as the official state songbird. The bill, aptly named "Designation of the State Birds," aims to amend Florida Statutes by creating section 15.0352.

The nonprofit started in the spring of 2020 in North Port, targeting Florida Scrub-jay habitat. It quickly expanded to include land in unincorporated Sarasota and Charlotte counties.

The Environmental Conservancy of North Port has completed its fundraising goal to purchase its first parcel in Englewood for a Florida Scrub-Jay and Gopher Tortoise habitat. The grass-roots group ...

Legislation filed to elevate flamingo, scrub-jay If passed this session, it would mean finally knocking out the mockingbird, first named state bird in 1927. Jim Rosica. Tallahassee Democrat.

FORT MYERS, Fla.— Four conservation groups, represented by Earthjustice, filed a request in federal court today to defend critical Endangered Species Act protections for the imperiled Florida scrub ...

Howe said the scrub jay doesn’t migrate, and the closest area we find them outside of Martin County is Ocala State Park. Jim Howe. Floridian scrub jay at Jonathan Dickinson State Park.

The Florida scrub jay’s ancestors, along with 10 other bird species, arrived from the American West around 2 million years ago. Of these, only the ancestor of the burrowing owl and Florida scrub ...