A bill has been filed to change Florida’s state bird from the mockingbird to the flamingo and make the scrub jay the state’s official songbird. A similar bill was filed last year, but did not pass. If ...

From the South Florida perspective, we see flamingos as an instantly identifiable symbol of Miami, the TV show Miami Vice that helped shape South Beach and even the Hialeah Park race track ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said on its website: "In Florida, American flamingos have been observed along much of the state's coast; however, outside of Hialeah ...

Amelia Earhart even said her final goodbyes to the United States at the Hialeah racetrack before she mysteriously disappeared during her flight around the world in 1937. Get more gambling history with ...

The bright pink American flamingo is often linked to Florida in ... bolstered by captive flocks like the one at the Hialeah horse track, but exist mainly in the Everglades, the Florida Keys ...

American flamingos are native to Florida but disappeared around the 20th century. After 1925, captive flamingo colonies began to appear in South Florida, including a breeding colony at Hialeah Park ...

The world-famous Hialeah Race Track opened in 1925 and was ... but also the place to see the nation's only flock of breeding flamingos. Like Miami, the park was severely damaged by the 1926 ...