The First Flamingo In Decades To Be Seen In New York Was Just Spotted On LI
Last weekend, those relaxing in the Hamptons were privy to a very rare Flamingo sighting at Georgica Pond in East Hampton. American Flamingos usually tend to inhabit regions of Florida, so a Flamingo sighting in New York was definitely not expected to be on anyone’s 2024 bingo card.
Though it’s not a typical bird one would see in New York State, previous records show former flamingo sightings in decades past. According to an old Long Island Advance, New York State has had a total of four recorded flamingo sightings at the time the piece was published in 1978.
Not long after the most recent New York sighting, a flamingo was spotted hanging around Cape Cod, bringing experts to believe it was the same exact bird from before. So why did an American Flamingo end up in New York and make its way to Cape Cod? The answer is still unknown. Currently, experts can’t yet ascertain whether the bird is wild or not. If in the case it is wild, the most likely scenario is that is was displaced by a hurricane
“The thinking is it’s just some bird that was displaced by the hurricane back then that doesn’t know where it lives anymore,” shared Mark Faherty, science coordinator for Mass Audubon Cape Cod. The Massachusetts Avian Records Committee is now responsible for determining whether the bird is indeed wild or an escaped captive. If found to be wild, this would be the first American Flamingo to visit Massachusetts by itself.
Stay tuned with more updates to come.
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