Feb. 13 Another nameIt appears, with the ongoing total mismanagement of our tax dollars by the state government of Florida, ...

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 ...

Will the mockingbird finally get replaced as Florida's official state bird? A bill to raise up the leggy pink flamingo soared past the House.

Supporters have argued the flamingo better reflects Florida’s identity and pairs the state with a globally recognized ...

Lawmakers are trying again to designate the flamingo as the state bird and the Florida scrub jay as the state song bird.

Today, the Florida House is set to hear a measure that would change one of the state’s official symbols, swapping Florida’s state bird from the mockingbird to the American flamingo. This raises a ...

Jim Mooney has launched a high-wattage campaign to elevate the flamingo to Florida’s state bird. The Republican has handed out flamingo lapel pins and 11-by-16 prints of flamingo artwork to his 119 ...

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 ...

Supporters of the bill said it symbolizes environmental restoration in Florida, which contributed to the flamingo’s recent ...

For nearly 100 years, the mockingbird has served as Florida’s official state bird. Yes, the mockingbird. Not the flamingo, despite what many people think. But that grievous wrong — which began in 1927 ...

Picture yourself at Fort De Soto park, padding barefoot in the sand, when you come around a bend and see a flamingo in the shallow water not fifty yards away. Perhaps you were one of the lucky ones in ...