Perching on pine snags, they stand as sentinels during cycles of drought, flooding and fire. Florida scrub jays survive in a land of extremes, thriving where northern mockingbirds dare not tread.

Four conservation groups, represented by Earthjustice, filed a request in federal court today to defend critical Endangered Species Act protections for the imperiled Florida scrub jay.

The Pacific Legal Foundation says the Endangered Species Act does not apply to species — such as the Florida bird — found in only one state. The modest Florida scrub-jay has now been enlisted ...

Florida’s state bird ... Development interests because scrub-jays are a threatened species and need a lot of scrub land to be happy, scrub flatland that just begs to be clearcut down to the ...

Florida lawmakers are debating whether to replace the northern mockingbird with the Florida scrub-jay as the official state bird. Scott Maxwell [ Provided ] Of course they should. Everyone knows that.

Florida lawmakers are debating whether to replace the northern mockingbird with the Florida scrub-jay as the official state bird. Of course they should. Everyone knows that. The scrub-jay is ...

The threatened Florida scrub-jay is the only bird that lives exclusively ... because they worried it would make it harder to develop land where the tiny, scrappy bird is found nesting.

In fact, the anti-mockingbirders point out, both the scrub jay and flamingo are native Floridians. Flamingo supporters also argue their bird is widely associated with Florida, having been long ...