The South Florida representative wants to declare two new state birds instead: The American Flamingo and the scrub-jay.

Mooney on Friday filed legislation ( HB 81) for the 2025 legislative session to make the American flamingo the official state ...

Jay, Florida’s only unique bird species, continues to wait its turn but, year after year, its chances die on the Senate floor ...

Jay Brown from Jay Birds Bar & Grille demonstrates how to make their salmon sliders. Jay Birds Bar & Grille is located at ...

A flock of turkeys in eastern Indiana has tested positive for H5N1 or bird flu. The farm, in Jay County on the border of Ohio ...

A bill has been filed to change Florida’s state bird from the mockingbird to the flamingo and make the scrub jay the state’s ...

Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas also claim the mockingbird as state bird. In fact, the anti-mockingbirders point out, both the scrub jay and flamingo are native Floridians.

State Rep. Jim Mooney, an Islamorada Republican, hopes the eighth time’s the charm. Mooney on Friday filed legislation (HB 81) for the 2025 legislative session to make the American flamingo the ...