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Two bills in the Florida Legislature seek to overturn the mockingbird's nearly 100-year reign as the state bird in favor of a ...
Florida named the mockingbird its state bird back in 1927, when the state was much more agricultural and less populated on the coasts. It may not be quite as representative of today's bustling, modern ...
The American flamingo would be the official state bird, and the Florida scrub jay would be the official state songbird. Currently, the state bird is the northern mockingbird, desi ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CBS12) — When you think of Florida's state bird, what do you think of? The Florida Senate has introduced Senate Bill 880, which proposes a shake-up in the state's bird ...
From the opening credits of Miami Vice, to the lottery logo, to souvenirs of all sorts, the American flamingo is a symbol of Florida. But it’s not our state bird: instead, it’s the Northern ...
Members of the Wildlife Conservation Club at Seminole High School urged a Senate committee recently to make the Florida Scrub-Jay the state bird. And the committee’s vote was unanimous.
Quick, what's the official Florida state bird? If you guessed the mockingbird, you'd be correct. However, you'd also be correct if you named the mockingbird as the official state bird of Arkansas ...