As large and showy as the bird is, there can be a hundred of them in the islands of Florida Bay without any passing boaters spotting them since they often forage in ponds encircled by thick mangroves.

The Florida Keys Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center is located a short 7-mile drive southwest of Key Largo in Tavernier, Florida. It consists of two facilities: an animal hospital where wounded birds ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A pair of eaglets that recently died in Florida tested positive for the bird flu, according to researchers. Eaglets E24 & E25, which were featured on Dick Pritchett Real ...

A lawmaker in Florida has filed a bill to make the flamingo the official state bird. Newsweek has contacted Florida's Department of State for comment via email. The mockingbird has been Florida's ...

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Two bald eaglet siblings just over 40 days old died suddenly of bird flu in short succession, Florida wildlife experts say. Screengrab from the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam operated by Dick ...

It has happened again, this time in the form of a bill to the Florida House, a concerted effort to replace the mockingbird as the official state bird. It is an odd bill in that it does not ...

NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — Two baby bald eagles died from bird flu this week in southwest Florida, according to local wildlife experts. The pair of eagles were known as E24 and E25. WATCH BELOW ...

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"X-rays showed the Heron had a fractured humerus, a major bone in the bird’s wing ... the fisherman fled the scene shortly after.The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC ...