Weeks after it was first spotted, bird hobbyists continue tracking an American flamingo who sought refuge in Indiana - and has yet to leave.
INDIANAPOLIS — Even for an experienced birder like Katey Buster, whose home ornithology collection boasts 600 specimens from all 48 lower states, it was the sight of a lifetime. That of a classically pink, American flamingo, it’s elegant neck draped low over muddied Ohio River waters, hunting for food and“When you see something as beautiful and as iconic as an American Flamingo, you know that that is the epitome of one of the coolest, rare birds you will ever see.
She remembered the thrill of finally seeing a rumored bit of pink there among the changing autumn leaves. “I named it ‘Flamingo Fever’,” Buster said of the interest generated by the flamingo. “To actually see one on the Ohio River, foraging, is just unbelievable.Wildlife officials, including the Indiana and Kentucky Department of Natural Resources, are likewise keeping tabs on the seemingly lone flamingo weeks after Hurricane Idalia scattered hundreds of flamingos seeking safety across the United States, some as far north as Wisconsin.
When fall hurricanes come through, flamingos can get displaced hundreds or even thousands of miles, then slowly return back to their home ranges. That the flamingo in southern Indiana has yet to leave the area hints that it has a solid food source and, save for a slight limp it seems to have recovered from, may not be suffering in its temporary home. Although flamingos tend to be social animals, the Ohio River flamingo may even be basking in the lack of competition for food.
“By being in the water, that tends to add a little sense of protection - almost kind of like you can hear your predators trying to sneak up on you. Obviously, this is a bird that's in a range typically where it has alligators and such to contend with," Bumgardner said. An American flamingo is seen foraging off the shores of the Ohio River on Sept. 11, 2023.
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