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A northern mockingbird, Florida's state bird, overlooks sand pine scrubs in Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Hobe Sound on Feb. 5, 2025. | Kat Tran, Fresh Take Florida

Mockingbird keeps its perch as Florida’s state bird

The mockingbird held off challenges in the Capitol for a fourth consecutive year to unseat it as Florida’s state bird.…

By Aidan Bush - Fresh Take Florida

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Johnny McDonald, who was visiting Florida from his home in Tennessee, sits on a park bench facing the open Gulf on Jan. 14, 2025, in Cedar Key. He doesn't think the Gulf of Mexico should be renamed. | Libby Clifton, Fresh Take Florida

January 22, 2025

Gulf of America: The view of people who live there

President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico has left residents along the Gulf Coast sharply divided.…

By Aidan Bush - Fresh Take Florida and Libby Clifton - Fresh Take Florida