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.

CBS News Miami Live. 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 native birds - the ...

Florida adopted the mockingbird as its state bird in 1927. Former state Rep. Howard Futch of Indialantic, who died in 2003, attempted to replace it with the Florida scrub-jay in 1998, but got his ...

The mockingbird has been Florida’s state bird since 1927, when the state was much more agricultural and less populated on the ...

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 ...

After a proposal re-emerged to replace the mockingbird as Florida’s state bird, Sen. Tina Polsky, D-Boca Raton, wants wildlife officials to ask young people what they think.