Python Cowboy, who is known for catching invasive animals, rescues unusual Florida bird
The caracara, which can grow to 2 feet tall, co-exists amiably with cows on Florida’s ranches and eats everything from frogs ...
Lawmaker tries again to dethrone mockingbird as Florida’s state bird
The South Florida representative wants to declare two new state birds instead: The American Flamingo and the scrub-jay.
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SAVING THE BLACK-CAPPED PETREL
The black-capped petrel is a small seabird with long, black-framed wings that is also known as diablotin, or “little devil,” due to its eerie nighttime mating calls. These birds nest in the ... from ...
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Lawmaker tries again to dethrone mockingbird as Florida’s state bird
A mockingbird dive bombs a red ... its state bird in 1927. Former state Rep. Howard Futch of Indialantic, who died in 2003, attempted to replace it with the Florida scrub-jay in 1998, but got his ...