state bird
The Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources advanced a bill 8-0 on Tuesday that would designate the American Flamingo as Florida's official state bird and the Florida scrub-jay as the official state songbird. If passed, the American flamingo would replace the northern mockingbird as the official state bird. The mockingbird has been Florida's state […]
The Florida scrub jay could be one step closer to becoming the official state songbird now that the leading opponent of the idea has hung up her guns in the decades-old fight to replace the mockingbird. Marion Hammer, a former Florida president of the National Rifle Association, told The Floridian on Friday that she’s stepping […]
