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 ...
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 ...
WTSP

Mockingbird keeps perch as state bird as bills flop favoring others in Capitol

HOBE SOUND, Fla. — 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 ...
Treasure Coast Newspapers

Bye bye mockingbird? Florida might replace state bird after nearly 100 years

Florida lawmakers are considering bills to replace the mockingbird with the flamingo as the state bird and the scrub-jay as the state songbird. The flamingo is seen as a unique symbol of Florida, ...
Houston Chronicle

Texas' state bird, the mockingbird, will fiercely defend its territory

Everything about a mockingbird bespeaks the American spirit of freedom that led to the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Much like George Washington’s courageous ragtag soldiers who ...