/tags/florida-state-symbols Florida state symbols en-US WLRN Fri, 07 Jun 2013 10:30:00 GMT /this-miami-life/2013-06-07/hunting-the-flamingo-is-a-birders-rite-of-passage-in-garish-neon-florida The Birdist's Nicholas Lund -- who, in a recent Slate piece, took each and every state to task for its choice of state bird -- stands by his assertion… Fri, 07 Jun 2013 10:30:00 GMT /this-miami-life/2013-06-07/hunting-the-flamingo-is-a-birders-rite-of-passage-in-garish-neon-florida /science/2013-05-24/floridas-state-bird-shouldnt-be-the-mockingbird-or-the-flamingo In a "bird-rich" state like Florida, does the commonplace northern mockingbird deserve to reign as the official state bird? The Birdist's Nicholas Lund… Fri, 24 May 2013 10:30:00 GMT /science/2013-05-24/floridas-state-bird-shouldnt-be-the-mockingbird-or-the-flamingo