We can’t go on slapping it on everything from t-shirts to lottery tickets without embracing the living, breathing bird as our ...

A bill has been filed to change Florida’s state bird from the mockingbird to the flamingo and make the scrub jay the state’s official songbird. A similar bill was filed last year, but did not pass. If ...

Check out the pink flamingos and other birds flocking to Brevard County this month. Space Coast bird fest ramps up this week.

Flamingos, known for their vibrant pink feathers and long legs, have a notable history in Florida and could become its state bird.

Experts and amateurs alike can learn more about birds and other wildlife that thrives here at the 26th Annual Space Coast ...

Andrew West The News-Press / USA TODAY NETWORK Ask anyone about Florida’s state bird, and they’ll likely guess it’s the flamingo. The Sunshine State and the skinny-legged, pink-plumaged bird ...

When you land at the Tampa International Airport, you can’t miss the 21-foot flamingo. At first, I rolled my eyes; after all, flamingos are always in our face here in Florida. But recently I ...

Under Polsky’s bill, the young people would be surveyed about the mockingbird, the American osprey, the Florida scrub jay, the American flamingo and the American white ibis. Florida graduation ...

State Rep. Jim Mooney (R-Islamorada) filed a bill last week aiming to make the American flamingo Florida’s official state bird and the native Florida scrub-jay the official state songbird.

Florida birds had a rough year that ruffled ... But things are looking up, lately, along the Space Coast, with some seeing pink — flamingos that is. Hundreds of birders will converge on the ...