(26 May 2025)
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Miami – 7 May 2025
1. Close-up of chicken and chick
2. Wide of chickens outside Starbucks entrance
3. Wide of Rooster and chicken near road
4. Rooster trying to cross busy road
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul George, resident historian at HistoryMiami Museum:
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"I walk this neighborhood of Little Havana daily, and I will see roosters and the rest of the family, the hens and the baby chickens. I’ll see them daily, and I’ll hear them daily. Other parts, it really varies, but we’re beginning to see them spread in a lot of places, including, shockingly, downtown Miami.”
6. Wide of men in suits in Miami downtown
7. Rooster in downtown
8. Two roosters amid plants
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul George, resident historian at HistoryMiami Museum:
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"It’s in some ways a cultural thing and almost a sentimental thing that a lot of people have grown up in rural areas, in Cuba as well as other parts, especially Central America, and they’ve always had these hens and roosters around. And I think they’ve not literally brought them with them, but they’ve acquired them, and they perpetuated them over time."
10. Rooster sculpture in Little Havana
11. Wide of Little Havana Street with rooster sculpture
12.Mid of Jakelin Llaguna, owner of Little Havana Visitors Center
13.SOUNDBITE (English) Jakelin Llaguna, owner of Little Havana Visitors Center:
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"To us, it represents part of what the rooster history is, new beginnings, new awakenings. Every morning the roosters crows and you have a new awakening. The Cubans came to Little Havana when the revolution came into Cuba and they settled in this neighborhood. So, they had a new beginning in Little Havana.”
14. Mosaic sign of Little Havana with rooster
15. People walking in Little Havana
16. Rooster crowing
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Jakelin Llaguna, owner of Little Havana Visitors Center:
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"I think it’s put Little Havana on the map, to be honest with you. If you come to Little Havana, you’re not going to forget the rooster. You don’t see it anywhere else, so it’s so visible, it’s a happy… You know, it’s become part of who we are here."
18. Two roosters
19. Rooster crowing with flamingo sign in background
STORYLINE:
Flamingos, pelicans, herons and parrots are just a few of the wild birds that call Miami home, but it’s the roosters, hens and baby chicks that have come to rule the roost in recent years.
Not only found in residential neighborhoods like Little Havana, Little Haiti and Wynwood, the fowl families are also making their home among the high-rises and government buildings downtown. And while some find the crowing to be a nuisance, many have adopted the rooster as an unofficial mascot for the city.
Paul George, the resident historian at HistoryMiami Museum, said the chickens are closely connected to the people who have moved to Miami over the decades. For years, the domesticated birds were mostly kept in backyards, but George said he began to notice their feral cousins wandering in public areas about 20 years ago.
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