The number of flamingos at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and across Florida has been rising, giving hope for a pink renaissance more than a century after the birds’ population w… ...

Rep. Jim Mooney, R-Islamorada, and Rep. Linda Chaney, R-St. Pete Beach, filed a bill (HB 753) this week that would designate the American flamingo as the Florida state bird. The designation would ...

And of course, flamingos used to breed in Florida historically, but they were extirpated around 1900 as a result of shooting for the plume trade as well as, frankly, for consumption.

The flamingo is an icon of Florida, but there's more to the flashy bird than bold pink feathers and lanky legs. Here are five facts you maybe didn't know about flamingos: 1) Flamingos weren't ...

From the opening credits of Miami Vice, to the lottery logo, to souvenirs of all sorts, the American flamingo is a symbol of Florida. But it’s not our state bird: instead, it’s the Northern ...

Idalia's sustained winds of 125 mph brought the bright-pink birds out as far out as Wisconsin, Missouri and Kansas. ... you might come across another hot pink Florida bird in the wild.

Florida has more tropical and unusual birds than any state short of Hawaii. Yet in 1927, our forefathers chose one of the most common American birds to represent Florida (along with four other ...

Audubon Florida, a well-known environmental group dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats, published a report on the health and success of 43,680 wading bird nests last year from ...

Two bills in the Florida Legislature seek to overturn the mockingbird's nearly 100-year reign as the state bird in favor of a more colorful representative.

Southwest Florida has plenty of white bird species, which can make keeping track of them a challenge. We're here to help. Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's safest A spotlight on America ...

To help tell all those scogginses apart, here’s a quick guide to Southwest Florida’s white birds. And while we didn’t write it in verse, we hope it’ll at least be a helpful start.

A Roseate Spoonbill, a nearly 3-foot-tall pink bird that looks like it stepped out of a cartoon, was recently sighted at the Heislerville Wildlife Management Area in Cumberland County.