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There's only one bird that has yet to make an appearance in the feeder: our state bird, the mockingbird. Yeah, I know they ...
The northern mockingbird has done it again. Known for its ability to vocally mimic at least a dozen other species, the gray ...
Two bills in Florida Legislature seek to overturn the mockingbird's nearly 100-year reign as the state bird in favor of a ...
SB 880, filed by State Sen. Ileana Garcia (R) Miami, has cleared a hurdle in the Senate. It is asking the state to designate ...
Senate Bill 880, proposed by State Sen. Ileana Garcia (R) in Miami, replaces the state's current state bird, the northern ...
The effort to change Florida’s state bird failed once again this year. The mockingbird, which holds the title of the state ...
She has previously sponsored bills to nominate the blue-and-gray Florida scrub jay, exclusively native to Florida, as the state bird. The mockingbird has a stable population in Florida and is ...
Trump’s administration is proposing to alter the meaning of the Endangered Species Act. Environmental groups say the move ...
Proposed purchase would double the size of quarter-acre Kathleen Belleville Nature Preserve and benefit gopher tortoises and ...
A rewording of the Endangered Species Act is being proposed by the Trump administration. The proposed rollback would ...
as the official Florida state bird and the Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) as the official Florida state songbird. The House bill has yet to leave its perch, but the Senate bill has flown ...