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The St. Lucie News-Tribune on MSN6d
Bye bye mockingbird? Florida might replace state bird after nearly 100 years
Two bills in the Florida Legislature seek to overturn the mockingbird's nearly 100-year reign as the state bird in favor of a ...
WPEC CBS 12 on MSN6d
Flamingo set to strut in as Florida's state bird, Senate bill proposes
The Florida Senate has introduced Senate Bill 880, which proposes a shake-up in the state's bird designations. The bill seeks ...
Treasure Coast Newspapers7d
Bye bye mockingbird? Florida might replace state bird after nearly 100 years
Previous attempts to change the state bird have been blocked by NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer, who has since retired. Quick, what's the official Florida state bird? If you guessed the mockingbird ...
Florida Politics9d
Bill to make flamingo, scrub-jay Florida’s state birds flies through penultimate Senate stop
Florida State University sophomore Olyvia Collins, a member of the student “Scrub Club” group that in 2022 convinced Seminole ...
Battle of the birds: Florida considers changing state bird
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A battle over Florida’s state bird has once again taken hold in the state legislature. Twin bills in the state Senate and House are proposing that the American flamingo and the ...
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Seeing pink: Flamingo closer to becoming Florida’s state bird
But it’s not our state bird: instead ... Under the bills, the Florida scrub jay would become the state’s official songbird.