The Florida Scrub-Jay is the only endemic or native bird to Florida. Despite being classified as a threatened species by Florida in 1975 and by the federal government in 1987, the Scrub-Jay ...

The Florida Scrub-Jay is the only endemic or native bird to Florida. Despite being classified as a threatened species by Florida in 1975 and by the federal government in 1987, the Scrub-Jay ...

In total, 150 avian species call this state park home, including the showy Florida grasshopper sparrow, white-tailed kite, short-tailed hawk, Florida scrub-jay, Florida burrowing owl, and more.

Added to the Endangered Species list in 1967, this warbler lived in extreme south Florida and around Charleston, SC. What is thought to be the last Bachman's warbler was found in Cuba in 1988.

The scrub jay was listed as a Threatened species by the federal Endangered Species Act in 1987, and over the next decade Florida birders, environmentalists, and school children rallied to have its ...

Escaped birds were nesting in Pinellas County as early as the 1950s. By the 1970s there were thousands in the wild, but the population declined following serious freezes in the 1980s.

Not many people can say that during their career, they’ve prepared 5,000 dead birds. But Andrew Kratter can. Kratter, 61, is the Ornithology Collections Manager at the Florida Museum of Natural ...