To Kill a Mockingbird was slowly and painstakingly written. Lee said she spent six to 12 hours a day at her desk, and she’d produce one manuscript page of text per day.

And though the mockingbird is a year-round species in Texas, it is on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife migratory bird species list. Instead, there are other ways to deter a screaming Northern Mockingbird.

The North American mockingbird is famous for its ability to imitate the song of other birds. But it doesn't just mimic its kindred species, it actually composes its own songs based on other birds ...

Two bills in the Florida Legislature seek to overturn the mockingbird's nearly 100-year reign as the state bird in favor of a more colorful representative.

One of the most recognizable bird species in the United States, even inspiring children's nursery rhymes and popular literature like "To Kill a Mockingbird," the northern mockingbird is celebrated ...

A northern mockingbird, Florida’s state bird, overlooks sand pine scrubs in Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Hobe Sound, Fla., on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025.

Florida adopted the mockingbird as its state bird in 1927. Former state Rep. Howard Futch of Indialantic, who died in 2003, attempted to replace it with the Florida scrub-jay in 1998, but got his ...

The northern mockingbird has done it again. Known for its ability to vocally mimic at least a dozen other species, the gray-and-white bird held off challenges for a fourth consecutive year in the ...