Will the flamingo become Florida’s state bird?
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 official songbird. A similar bill was filed last year, but did not pass. If ...
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Lawmakers: Make the flamingo our state bird already | Opinion
These days there’s a bit of a squawk in Tallahassee over which of the two birds should represent the state, but our hearts are with the flamingo. State Rep. James Mooney, a Republican from ...
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Florida Republican Wants to Replace Mockingbird as Official Bird
Florida state Representative James Vernon "Jim" Mooney has filed a motion to replace the current state bird, the mockingbird, with the American flamingo. Mooney, a Republican who represents ...
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Florida lawmaker files bill to replace mockingbird with flamingo as state bird
James Vernon "Jim" Mooney Jr., would also designate ... 2023 with the same purpose of replacing the mockingbird with the flamingo as the state bird, but it died in the House of Representatives ...
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Will the flamingo become Florida’s state bird?
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Move over mockingbird, a state representative wants to make the flamingo the Florida state bird. A bill filed by Representative James Mooney would designate the flamingo as ...