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Gray Catbird vs Northern Mockingbird: ID Challenge

Learn how to tell the difference between two gray colored mimic birds with big personalities: the gray catbird vs northern ...
Treasure Coast Newspapers

Scrub the mockingbird; listen to lawmakers: Florida needs a new state bird | Opinion

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 ...
WFTV

Officials consider removal of mockingbird as state bird of Florida

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 ...
Orlando Sentinel

Can’t kill a mockingbird: Florida state bird keeps perch as bills favoring others don’t fly

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 ...
Tallahassee Democrat

Northern mockingbird is bulldog of bird world

Florida has bugs that crawl, jump and fly, birds of all colors, insects that bite from one end and sting from the other, slithering snakes, deer and rabbits that will put an end to any garden. And ...