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| 3 of the 4 American Flamingos near Merritt Island 🦩🦩🦩 |
Ok, sorry for the delay, but [drum roll please], the moment we’ve all been waiting for… Yesterday I finally saw wild flamingos in the United States! They are rare here - there was only ONE living in Florida since I’ve been fanatically birding (almost 5 years now) and even then it went into hiding for short periods. You might have noticed my excitement when Hurricane Idalia brought many flamingoes north from the Caribbean (not excitement of the destructive storm, just to be clear, not the excitement of the trauma it caused wildlife, but the excitement that I might finally get to see a an American Flamingo. The single flamingo is no longer being seen in St. Marks, hopefully he joined one of the other flocks. There are only a few left in Florida. And as you can see, they aren’t easy to see. ✔️ American Flamingo. Life List = 1026
Other than waking up before the sun to see flamingos, we saw Florida Scrub Jays (small range to find them), wild Peafowl (peacocks are males, peahens are females and yes, only a few in Florida are considered wild as they are a sustainable wild population for at least a decade), and a fabulous Tiffany exhibit at the Charles Morse Museum in Orlando. On top of all the incredible stained glass, there were photographs of the manufacturing studio, photos and objects from his private homes, and watercolor paintings from Little Arcadia (a group of watercolor painters whose purpose was to provide inspiration for the glass artists).
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| Florida Scrub Jays |
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| A wild peacock. |
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