A lawmaker in Florida has filed a bill to make the flamingo the official state bird. Newsweek has contacted Florida's Department of State for comment via email. The mockingbird has been Florida's ...

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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. Polsky on Monday ...

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Experts and amateurs alike can learn more about birds and other wildlife that thrives here at the 26th Annual Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Fest.

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Will the flamingo be Florida's new state bird? State lawmakers balked last year on a proposal to make the flamingo Florida's official state bird. The mockingbird has held that title since 1927.