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

The Florida scrub jay is a threatened species of bird found only in the desert-like scrub habitats of Florida. FWC In the heart of Florida’s scrub lands in the scorching summer heat, the next ...

The Environmental Conservancy of North Port has completed its fundraising goal to purchase its first parcel in Englewood for a Florida Scrub-Jay and Gopher Tortoise habitat. The grass-roots group ...

ENGLEWOOD – The Environmental Conservancy of North Port and Surrounding Areas is working to raise $15,000 by Sept. 5 to buy a quarter-acre in a known Florida Scrub-Jay habitat area on Clearwater ...

Jonathan Dickinson State Park is southernmost natural habitat for scrub jay in Florida, with an estimated 130 of the birds in park HOBE SOUND, Fla. — The federally-threatened Florida scrub jay would ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A group of flamingos is known as a flamboyance, and they’re looking to add some color to Florida’s state symbols. Florida House Representative Jim Mooney Jr., Key Largo, filed a ...

Despite seven attempts by various lawmakers to dethrone it over a 25-year span, the northern mockingbird still reigns as the official bird of Florida. State Rep. Jim Mooney, an Islamorada Republican, ...

The Pacific Legal Foundation says the Endangered Species Act does not apply to species — such as the Florida bird — found in only one state. The modest Florida scrub-jay has now been enlisted into a ...

ENGLEWOOD – The Environmental Conservancy of North Port and Surrounding Areas closed Sept. 5 on the purchase of a quarter-acre lot in prime Florida Scrub-Jay habitat on Clearwater Street, after ...

Despite their colorful appearance, blue jays are actually in the family Corvidae, the same as crows and ravens. These birds are typically 9 to 12 inches long from beak to tail and weigh under 3.5 ...

Florida Scrub Jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, USA, February 2017. By Kirsty Nadine via iStock for WMNF News. Several environmental groups have ...

From the beaches to the prairies. From the towns and the cities. From the hills of Tallahassee, the people shout with glee, “The Florida scrub jay is the new state bird!” If only this were true. The ...