Florida lawmakers will get a chance in 2026 to ditch the common mockingbird in favor of the America flamingo as the state ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Senate bill is making its way through the legislature that could change Florida's state bird after almost a century. Senate Bill 880, proposed by State Sen. Ileana Garcia (R) ...

Florida's mockingbird is fighting to save its title as state bird, which it has held for nearly 100 years, as lawmakers consider replacing it with two other native birds - the flamingo and the Florida ...

Two Republican House members have signaled they are prepared to continue one of the statehouse’s longest running political feuds. Reps. Chip LaMarca, R-Lighthouse Point, and Jim Mooney, R-Islamorada, ...

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-jay ...

From cardinals to the tufted titmouse, no special equipment is necessary to spot these birds at your Florida home.

Flamingos gather near a white pelican in Matlacha Pass National Wildlife Refuge near Fort Myers in February. A flamingo count launched by Audubon Florida in February amid increased sightings of the ...