If either of two bills in the Florida Legislature passes, the mockingbird would get dumped after its nearly 100-year reign, and the Sunshine State would get its own, unique state bird. Actually ...

State lawmakers resist attempts to dethrone Florida's mockingbird as state bird for fourth year, ... Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. On the House side, Rep. James Mooney Jr., ...

And though the mockingbird is a year-round species in Texas, it is on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife migratory bird species list. Instead, there are other ways to deter a screaming Northern Mockingbird.

A northern mockingbird, Florida’s state bird, overlooks sand pine scrubs in Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Hobe Sound, Fla., on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025.

Florida lawmakers are considering replacing the mockingbird as the state bird with the flamingo and scrub-jay. This is the eighth attempt in 25 years to replace the mockingbird.

Two bills in the Florida Legislature seek to overturn the mockingbird's nearly 100-year reign as the state bird in favor of a more colorful representative. News Indian River Martin St. Lucie ...

Florida's bird has been the northern mockingbird since 1927, and it is also designated as the state bird of Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. The American flamingo is not currently the ...

CBS News Miami Live. Florida's mockingbird is fighting to save its title as state bird, which it has held for nearly 100 years, as lawmakers consider replacing it with two other native birds - the ...

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

A northern mockingbird, Florida's state bird, overlooks sand pine scrubs in Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Hobe Sound, Fla., on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025.

A northern mockingbird, Florida’s state bird, overlooks sand pine scrubs in Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Hobe Sound, Fla., on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025.