A flamboyance of fun (and flamingos!) as bird festival wows crowds: Photo of the Week
Hundreds of birders converged on the Indian River Lagoon region this week for the 26th Annual Space Coast Birding and ...
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Florida Might Be Getting a New State Bird
The mockingbird has been Florida's state bird since 1927, when the state was much more agricultural and less populated on the coasts. The proposed change highlights the state's modern identity and ...
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Florida lawmakers keep flipping the scrub-jay the bird | Commentary
Once again, Florida lawmakers are debating whether to replace the northern mockingbird with the Florida scrub-jay as the official state bird. Of course they should. Everyone knows that. The scrub ...
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Lawmakers: Make the flamingo our state bird already | Opinion
Andrew West The News-Press / USA TODAY NETWORK Ask anyone about Florida’s state bird, and they’ll likely guess it’s the flamingo. The Sunshine State and the skinny-legged, pink-plumaged bird ...
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Florida Republican Wants to Replace Mockingbird as Official Bird
Florida state Representative James Vernon "Jim" Mooney has filed a motion to replace the current state bird, the mockingbird, with the American flamingo. Mooney, a Republican who represents ...
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Lawmaker tries again to dethrone mockingbird as Florida’s state bird
TALLAHASSEE – For nearly a century, the mockingbird has reigned supreme as the state bird of Florida, surviving multiple coup attempts by the Florida Legislature. Once again, a lawmaker this ...
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The flamingo should be Florida’s state bird. Here’s why | Column
As large and showy as the bird is, there can be a hundred of them in the islands of Florida Bay without any passing boaters spotting them since they often forage in ponds encircled by thick mangroves.