The debate over Florida's state bird could soon return to the forefront as Rep. Jim Mooney, R-Islamorada, filed legislation Friday proposing to replace the northern mockingbird with the American ...

The mockingbird has been Florida's state bird since 1927 ... The survey would include the northern mockingbird, American osprey, Florida scrub jay, American flamingo and American white ibis ...

Watson, left, student naval aviator, is awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal at the National Naval Aviation Museum, ...

Florida, Feb. 28, 2025. (Lance Cpl. Joshua Barker/Marine Corps) The air crew told their Marines that the Osprey was going down. Capt. Joshua Watson, nearly two dozen other Marines and a sailor ...

They’re tiny, they're adorable and they’re Cape Coral’s official bird. We’re talking ... in Cape Coral than anywhere else in Florida. A one-day census in 2024 counted more than 5,000 ...

During our visit, our goal was to get a picture of the osprey without causing it too much distress. Its hesitancy to fly away from the nest probably means it was sitting on an egg. The bird ...

The Florida Keys Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center is located a short 7-mile drive southwest of Key Largo in Tavernier, Florida. It consists of two facilities: an animal hospital where wounded birds ...

WASHINGTON — At least 112 North American bird species have lost more than half ... the steepest declines are Allen’s hummingbirds, Florida scrub jays, golden-cheeked warblers, tricolored ...