Have you ever tried to balance on one leg? While some yoga masters make this move appear simple, it’s not as easy as it looks ...

Ileana Garcia, R-Miami-Dade, and HB 81 from Reps Jim Mooney, R-Islamorda and Chip LaMarca, R-Lighthouse Point, would designate the pink-feathered American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) as the ...

Audubon Florida is closing in on its 3,000th ... roseate spoonbills can sometimes be seen in large groups. "These bright pink birds with long legs and an unusually shaped bill have long mesmerized ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A battle over Florida’s state bird has once again taken hold in the state legislature. Twin bills in the state Senate and House are proposing that the American flamingo ...

would designate the pink-feathered American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) as the official Florida state bird and the Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) as the official Florida state ...

From the opening credits of Miami Vice, to the lottery logo, to souvenirs of all sorts, the American flamingo is a symbol of Florida. But it’s not our state bird: instead, it’s the Northern ...

At first glance, the large, pink bird standing in a Beaufort County marsh ... from its traditional home range in Florida Bay, up though Georgia and into South Carolina for the last two decades.

The large bright pink feathers must have been quite the ... (courtesy, Ruscena Wiederholt) This fashion fad brought many of Florida’s native birds to the brink of extinction.

Images of the pink statuesque birds have been flying ... Locally, however, there have been signs of hope for Florida birds, including large numbers of egrets, spoonbills and herons seen recently ...

Bird enthusiasts don't recall seeing such a large group of flamingos stay at ... check out these photos by FLORIDA TODAY photographer, Craig Bailey: ...