ORLANDO, Fla. — (AP) — After nearly a century on its lofty perch, the northern mockingbird may be singing its last melodies as the state bird of Florida. An effort is taking flight to replace the ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — After nearly a century on its lofty perch, the northern mockingbird may be singing its last melodies as the state bird of Florida. An effort is taking flight to replace the ...

FORT MYERS, Florida (WBBH) — Florida’s mockingbird is fighting to save its title as state bird, which it has held for nearly 100 years, as lawmakers consider replacing it with two other Florida ...

HOBE SOUND — The northern mockingbird has done it again. Known for its ability to vocally mimic at least a dozen other species, the gray and white bird held off challenges for a fourth consecutive ...

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, ...

Florida lawmakers have filed a bill to replace the mockingbird with the American flamingo as the state’s official bird, a swap that would end a designation nearly a century old. House Bill 11, ...

Editor's note: This column was originally posted on gainesville.com Jan 28, 2019, when the author was a senior at the University of Florida. Like most Floridians, the northern mockingbird (Mimus ...