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

Once considered endangered, limpkins are a version of a rail, roughly the size of a heron, and are mostly brown and black, ...

Despite this tepid welcome, in the last few years flamingos have started to resettle in the state quietly. As large and showy ...

Flamingos, known for their vibrant pink feathers and long legs, have a notable history in Florida and could become its state ...

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A Florida Keys lawmaker is trying to make the American flamingo the official state bird, and we agree | Opinion ...

The caracara, which can grow to 2 feet tall, co-exists amiably with cows on Florida’s ranches and eats everything from frogs to discarded fast food.

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 official songbird. A similar bill was filed last year, but did not pass. If ...

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 ...

Experts and amateurs alike can learn more about birds and other wildlife that thrives here at the 26th Annual Space Coast ...

Of course they should. Everyone knows that. The scrub-jay is Florida’s only uniquely native bird. The mockingbird’s habitat starts up in Nova Scotia and it is the state bird in four other states.