DEAR JOAN: A few months ago, I wrote that there were no birds in our yard despite years of hummingbirds, chickadees, titmice, etc. You suggested they might be mating and would be back soon. We still ...

Though I like to brag that I’m a Florida boy, born and bred, I must confess that I’ve never seen the state’s sole endemic bird species—the scrub jay. It used to be easy to see scrub jays. They were ...

Hikers and bikers can now reenter Malabar Scrub Sanctuary, after being locked out for almost a year and a half over a dispute with the county about how many trees must go to save the sanctuary's ...

Wandering the sandy scrub habitat of Deltona’s Lyonia Preserve, traversing rolling dunes filled with short oaks and prickly pear cactus, Stephen Kintner greets resident Florida scrub-jays as if old ...

The Florida scrub jay is like a lot of Floridians; the bold bird with a bright sky-blue head and grey underbelly is descended from tourists who never left, and seemingly just wanders into political ...

From the beaches to the prairies. 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 ...

Global warming is impacting a one-of-a-kind bird species in Florida in a way that is surprising ornithologists, a study found. Populations of the Florida scrub-jay, the only bird found solely in the ...

The Environmental Conservancy of North Port needs $15,000 by September 5th to purchase a quarter-acre lot in Englewood, Florida, to protect Florida Scrub-Jay habitat. This would be the conservancy's ...

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY − In a scene reminiscent of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," Monica Folk, an endangered species biologist hired by the county, walked along a sandy path as Florida scrub jays ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Take a stroll through one of the remaining pockets of Florida scrub habitat and listen for a loud, scratchy weep — a sound that distinguishes the Florida scrub-jay from other avian ...

A new analysis of data from a long-term study finds that warmer winters driven by climate change reduced the number of offspring raised annually by the federally threatened Florida scrub-jay by 25% ...