Conservationists went to dramatic lengths to save the birds, including pumping boiling hot water into the ground to ward off ...

Two bills in the Florida Legislature seek to overturn the mockingbird's nearly 100-year reign as the state bird in favor of a more colorful representative.

Actually, it would get two. SB 880, from Sen. Ileana Garcia, R-Miami-Dade, and HB 81 from Reps Jim Mooney, R-Islamorda and Chip LaMarca, R-Lighthouse Point, would designate the pink-feathered American ...

In total, 150 avian species call this state park home, including the showy Florida grasshopper sparrow, white-tailed kite, short-tailed hawk, Florida scrub-jay, Florida burrowing owl, and more.

Florida is a fantastic state for bird watchers. We have the rosiest of roseate spoonbills, great blue herons the size of Big Bird, sandhill cranes that dance, ...

One of the largest flocks of flamingos in a decade was recently spotted in the Everglades by avian ecologist and restoration ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — The effort to change Florida’s state bird failed once again this year. The mockingbird, which holds the title of the state bird in four additional states, remains ...

FORT MYERS, Florida — 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 Florida natives.

If either of two bills in the Florida Legislature passes, the mockingbird wo u ld get dumped after its nearly 100-year reign, and the Sunshine State would get its own, unique state bird. Advertisement ...