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Flamingo set to strut in as Florida's state bird, Senate bill proposes
The Florida Senate has introduced Senate Bill 880, which proposes a shake-up in the state's bird designations. The bill seeks ...
Battle of the birds: Florida considers changing state bird
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A battle over Florida’s state bird has once again taken hold in the state legislature. Twin bills in the state Senate and House are proposing that the American flamingo and the ...
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Bill to make flamingo, scrub-jay Florida’s state birds flies through penultimate Senate stop
Florida State University sophomore Olyvia Collins, a member of the student “Scrub Club” group that in 2022 convinced Seminole ...
Bye bye mockingbird? Florida might replace state bird after nearly 100 years
Two bills in the Florida Legislature seek to overturn the mockingbird's nearly 100-year reign as the state bird in favor of a ...
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Seeing pink: Flamingo closer to becoming Florida’s state bird
From the opening credits of Miami Vice, to the lottery logo, to souvenirs of all sorts, the American flamingo is a symbol of Florida. But it’s not our state bird: instead, it’s the Northern ...
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A Senate panel passes a bill honoring both the flamingo and the Florida Scrub-Jay as state symbols
Under the bill, which passed unanimously, the flamingo would be the state bird and the Florida Scrub-Jay would be the state ...
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Bye bye mockingbird? Florida might replace state bird after nearly 100 years
Ileana Garcia, R-Miami-Dade, and HB 81 from Reps Jim Mooney, R-Islamorda and Chip LaMarca, R-Lighthouse Point, would designate the pink-feathered American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber ...