Thousands of Gannett birds are in the middle of their migration from Canada and other northern areas south towards the Gulf.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. (CBS12) — Fifty-seven songbirds were rescued after the arrest of a South Florida man following a year-long investigation. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) ...

Bird flu, a virus that has plagued America’s dairy and poultry industries and occasionally jumped to humans, has unique potential to spread in South Florida because of our climate, which allows feral ...

Florida lawmakers are considering bills to replace the mockingbird with the flamingo as the state bird and the scrub-jay as the state songbird. The flamingo is seen as a unique symbol of Florida, ...

Florida's mockingbird is fighting to save its title as state bird, which it has held for nearly 100 years, as lawmakers consider replacing it with two other native birds - the flamingo and the Florida ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Rebecca Chapman remembers the moment vividly. She was standing on a beach along the Indian River on Merritt Island watching a man next to her doing a “happy ...

Stacker compiled a list of the most common birds seen near feeders in Florida using data from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Project FeederWatch. Birds are ranked by the percent of sites visited ...

Swallow-tailed kites are a migratory bird species that can be seen in Florida for a portion of the year. Swallow-tailed kites make their nests in tall trees and are social birds, often congregating in ...

The mockingbird has been Florida's state bird since 1927, when the state was much more agricultural and less populated on the coasts. The proposed change highlights the state's modern identity and the ...

Flamingos feed and preen in Estero Bay Preserve State Park in Florida in September. Andrew West The News-Press / USA TODAY NETWORK Ask anyone about Florida’s state bird, and they’ll likely guess it’s ...

In parts of South Florida, it’s not rush hour or construction that brings traffic to a halt — it’s peacocks. The large, colorful birds, which are protected by law, have become both a spectacle and a ...

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 bills have gained ...