The Florida Legislature has once again pulled out its binoculars and is scanning the skies for a new state bird. With such an impressive array of avian life, our current state bird, the northern ...
Florida’s House voted late Wednesday to establish the American flamingo as the new state bird, a step toward knocking the mockingbird off its perch after nearly a century. It wasn’t immediately clear ...
Florida’s House voted late Wednesday to establish the American flamingo as the new state bird, a step toward knocking the mockingbird off its perch after nearly a century. It wasn’t immediately clear ...
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — After several failed attempts over the years to change Florida’s state bird, a legislator is taking another crack at unseating the mockingbird. State Rep. Jim Mooney (R-Islamorada ...
Hurricane Idalia blew a flamboyance (flock) of 300 to 400 flamingos that was likely migrating between the Yucatán Peninsula and Cuba off course in August 2023 and unceremoniously deposited the birds ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — A bill that would designate the flamingo as Florida’s state bird breezed through the House of Representatives on Wednesday. In a near-unanimous vote, the House passed HB-11, ...
MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. — When Keith Ramos heard a small flock of American flamingos had landed last fall at the nature preserve he oversees off Florida’s Atlantic coast, he rushed to get a ...
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Monday, April 26th is International Flamingo Day and when people think of South Florida, they think of flamingos! Florida's American Flamingos are one the state's most iconic and ...