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

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

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

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.

A highly controversial and regularly reappearing piece of legislation has been pre-filed ahead of the Floria Legislature’s ...

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 ...

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

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