When you land at the Tampa International Airport, you can’t miss the 21-foot flamingo. At first, I rolled my eyes; after all, flamingos are always in our face here in Florida. But recently I ...

Move over mockingbird, a state representative wants to make the flamingo the Florida state bird.

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

The bill seeks to crown the American flamingo as the official state bird, dethroning the mockingbird, which has held the title since 1927. The Florida scrub-jay would also be recognized as the ...

TALLAHASSEE-- Here comes the flamingo. Rep. Jim Mooney, R-Islamorada, and Rep. Linda Chaney, R-St. Pete Beach, filed a bill (HB 753) this week that would designate the American flamingo as Florida ...

A state representative wants to replace Florida's state bird, despite his last attempt to replace it failing less than one year ago.

Florida lawmakers could again consider replacing the mockingbird as the state bird. Rep. Jim Mooney, R-Islamorada, on Friday filed a proposal (HB 81) that would lead to the flamingo replacing the ...

Two conservationists with the Flamingo Working Group write that the American flamingo — a long lost Florida native that is finally making a comeback — deserves all of our support in efforts in ...