A photojournalist for The News-Press and Naples Daily News shared his top picks for bird watching in Southwest Florida. The list includes locations like Six Mile Cypress Slough, HARNS MARSH, Lakes ...

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A federal agency last month removed a bird native to Florida from the Endangered Species List, saying that the Bachman's warbler was one of more than 20 species now considered extinct. The U.S. Fish ...

Birding is a fascinating endeavor. Birders can simply observe birds in their backyards, or they can search the ends of the ...

John James Audubon, the pioneer field biologist and great bird artist of his time, who created the incomparable anthology "Birds Of America", is seen in this January 1951 photo, taken from an 1851 ...

Quick, what's the official Florida state bird? If you guessed the mockingbird, you'd be correct. However, you'd also be correct if you named the mockingbird as the official state bird of Arkansas, ...

Birds that call Florida's coastline and pine forests home are in serious decline, according to a sweeping new conservation report. Why it matters: Birds are indicators of the overall health of their ...

For decades, there's been an effort to change the state bird of Florida — now a mockingbird — to something a little more unique to the state. But pushback has been long and intense. Florida's ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A battle over Florida’s state bird has once again taken hold in the state legislature. Twin bills in the state Senate and House are proposing that the American flamingo and the ...

The mockingbird has been Florida's state bird since 1927, when the state was much more agricultural and less populated on the coasts. The proposed change highlights the state's modern identity and the ...

Stacker compiled a list of the most common birds seen near feeders in Florida using data from the Cornell Lab of ...

Florida's legislative session kicks off in January. And while there's a gaggle of potentially controversial topics up for discussion, one that has ruffled feathers for decades is a move to change ...