Despite their colorful appearance, blue jays are actually in the genus corvidae, the same as crows and ravens. These birds are typically 9 to 12 inches long from beak to tail and weigh under 3.5 ...

Florida scrub-jays are blue and gray birds that prefer sand pine, oak scrub and scrubby flatwoods and they live in the driest areas, "including ancient sandy ridges in Central Florida, ...

The American flamingo would be the official state bird, and the Florida scrub jay would be the official state songbird. Currently, the state bird is the northern mockingbird, designated almost 100 ...

Florida lawmakers are considering replacing the mockingbird as the state bird with the flamingo and scrub-jay. This is the eighth attempt in 25 years to replace the mockingbird.

The birds are now forced to defend their reign again as lawmakers want to crown the Florida scrub jay the state songbird. "It's found here and nowhere else in the world. It is the only bird that ...

Meanwhile, the Florida scrub-jay, a species native to the state known for its distinctive blue coloring and melodious calls, is designated as the official state songbird.

The Florida scrub jay’s ancestors, along with 10 other bird species, arrived from the American West around 2 million years ago. Of these, only the ancestor of the burrowing owl and Florida scrub ...

Audubon Florida and Manatee County hold annual Florida Scrub Jay Watch bird count at Duette Preserve, state parks to help endangered species ... which will eventually be replaced with bright blue.

FORT MYERS, Fla.— Four conservation groups, represented by Earthjustice, filed a request in federal court today to defend critical Endangered Species Act protections for the imperiled Florida scrub ...

Conservationists are raising concerns that a threatened bird may not be getting the help it needs to survive on state-owned lands in Manatee County and Southwest Florida. The Florida scrub jay is ...

EB: [Florida scrub jays] are these beautiful, brilliant blue songbirds. They’re actually Florida’s only endemic bird, which means that these birds are found nowhere else on Earth. They really are part ...

The mockingbird has been the state’s bird since 1927. Under Polsky’s bill, the young people would be surveyed about the mockingbird, the American osprey, the Florida scrub jay, the American ...