Species arrived from the American West around 2 million years ago, nurtures Florida’s unique elfin oak forests ...

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 bird and the Florida scrub-jay the official state songbird. Mooney filed a ...

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).

Once again, Florida lawmakers are debating whether to replace the northern mockingbird with the Florida scrub-jay as the ...

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 ...