From the towns and the cities. From the hills of Tallahassee, the people shout with glee, “The Florida scrub jay is the new state bird!” If only this were true. The Florida scrub jay ...

The Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources advanced a bill 8-0 on Tuesday that would designate the American ...

Coastal populations of the western scrub-jays are confiding, tame, and easily seen. Interior populations are more secretive and often are seen darting from bush to bush or are simply heard giving ...

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – Some South Florida lawmakers are seeing pink. From the opening credits of Miami Vice, to the lottery ...

The bird’s flight is strong and steady ... and lack of white in the body separate Steller’s jays from the scrub-jays. The blue jay, our other crested jay, has white in the wings, tail ...

The new report says at least 112 North American bird species have lost more than half their populations in the past 50 years.

Earthjustice is representing the Florida Wildlife Federation, the American Bird Conservancy, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Environmental Confederation of Southwest Florida in the case.

Among the birds showing the steepest declines are Allen’s hummingbirds, Florida scrub jays, golden-cheeked warblers, tricolored blackbirds and yellow-billed magpies. FILE – A female bobolink ...