Florida lawmakers have been dissing the scrub-jay for 26 years now. It’s time for Florida’s only uniquely native bird to play hardball.

The Florida scrub jay’s ancestors, along with 10 other bird species, arrived from the American West around 2 million years ...

When would the flamingo and scrub-jay become the Florida state birds? If passed by the legislature and signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the act would take effect July 1, 2025.

Once again, 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 ...

The birds are now forced to defend their reign again as lawmakers want to crown the Florida scrub jay the state songbird. "It's found here and nowhere else in the world. It is the only bird that ...

The scrub jay’s closest chance to becoming the state bird came in 2000, when a bill championing it failed in a second committee vote. Every scrub jay bill since has died before ever being ...

The Florida scrub-jay would also be recognized as the official state songbird. The bill, aptly named " Designation of the State Birds ," aims to amend Florida Statutes by creating section 15.0352.

Despite seven attempts by various lawmakers to dethrone it over a 25-year span, the northern mockingbird still reigns as the official bird of Florida. State Rep. Jim Mooney, an Islamorada ...

Rep. Jim Mooney, R-Islamorada, this month filed a proposal (HB 81) that would lead to the flamingo being designated as the state bird and the Florida scrub jay being designated as the official ...

Populations of the Florida scrub-jay, the only bird found solely in the state, have been declining significantly since researchers began studying them in 1969 due to habitat loss from rapid ...

The Florida scrub jay’s ancestors, along with 10 other bird species, arrived from the American West around 2 million years ago. Of these, only the ancestor of the burrowing owl and Florida scrub ...

The Florida Scrub-Jay, Florida’s only unique bird species, continues to wait its turn but, year after year, its chances die on the Senate floor.