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 ...

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 Republican, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Florida lawmakers may revisit a proposal to replace the mockingbird, the state bird since 1927, with the flamingo, and designate the Florida scrub jay as the state songbird. Similar bills in ...

Florida lawmakers may revisit a proposal to replace the mockingbird, the state bird since 1927, with the flamingo, and designate the Florida scrub jay as the state songbird. Similar bills in recent ...