Staff with the South Florida Water Management District report recently spotting around 125 American flamingos around the ...

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The largest group of American Flamingos seen in Florida in more than a decade was recorded late last week.

The number of flamingos at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and across Florida has been rising, giving hope for a pink renaissance more than a century after the birds’ population w… ...

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After Peaches' tracker failed in 2023, he was found raising a family on the Yucatan Peninsula. Researchers said this might be evidence the birds migrate between Florida and Mexico.

State lawmakers resist attempts to dethrone Florida's mockingbird as state bird for fourth year, despite new proposals for the flamingo and scrub jay.

Two bills in Florida Legislature seek to overturn the mockingbird's nearly 100-year reign as the state bird in favor of a flamingo.

From the opening credits of Miami Vice, to the lottery logo, to souvenirs of all sorts, the American flamingo is a symbol of Florida. But it’s not our state bird: instead, it’s the Northern ...

Florida’s state Legislature often considers bills that would replace the mockingbird as the state’s bird.

Florida Keys State Rep Jim Mooney’s bill to make the flamingo the state bird, rather than the mockingbird, is the right thing to do.

The Brief 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 ...