(I am in total opposition to this … its not something that I’ll spend time stressing over but I’ve never seen that many flamingo’s except in state parks in Florida. The Mockingbird is everywhere and we love to hear it singing in the yard almost every summer day. Flamingo’s are just beginning to return naturally to the state wetlands to nest.)
After nearly a century of the Northern Mockingbird being our state bird, House lawmakers want to crown the American flamingo as our new state bird.
Rep. Jim Mooney (R-Islamorada) took center stage with his House Bill 11, and Florida’s House passed it through in a 112–1 vote.
Over in the Senate, Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez (R-Miami) is strutting companion bill SB 150 through the upper chamber. If it passes, and Gov. DeSantis signs off, the sky officially turns pink on July 1.
The scrub-jay lands “state songbird” status.
Used to have a mockingbird that nested in my yard every year, did his mating dance from the top of the chimney, and generally was good company. Got downright friendly, too. I miss him.
ReplyDeleteWe see them all during the summer here. What is hilarious is when we are sitting on the porch and the cats are doing their patrols in the yard during nesting time. The dive bombings are relentless. I don't like to see the cats catch them and fortunately I've only seen it one time, but the reactions of the cats is laugh inducing. They've given up on trying to act cool during a bomb raid, lol.
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