Will the flamingo become the state bird?
Lazaro Aleman
news@greenepublishing.com
Florida lawmakers may once again try to make the flamingo the state bird, in lieu of the current mockingbird.
House Bill 81, which Republican Representative Jim Mooney, of Islamorada, filed on Friday, Jan. 3, seeks to replace the mockingbird, which has long been the state bird, with the flamingo. The bill also seeks to designate the Florida scrub jay as the official state songbird.
It’s not the first time that bills proposing the flamingo a