Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
Flamingos have popped up in at least 9 states where they’re not typically seen—including Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee—after getting caught up in Hurricane Idalia. The birds likely were either pushed north by hurricane winds or rode in the eye of Idalia until it broke apart.
American flamingos are a native species in Florida, but there aren’t many left in the state due to hunting. Some of the birds recently seen in Florida had tags linking them to the Yucatán Peninsula breeding population, which is on the opposite side of the Gulf of Mexico.
This isn’t the first time a hurricane has pushed flamingos into other parts of the U.S. Hurricane Barry in 2019 led to a small number being found in western Tennessee and Missouri.
Nate Swick, the American Birding Association's digital communications manager, told NPR that he is expecting the flamingos to be able to make their way home without assistance. ‘I think the flamingos are likely to start heading towards the coast, whether or not they know which direction to go, I don't know. Birds are capable of things that we cannot imagine.’
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Flamingos have popped up in at least 9 states where they’re not typically seen—including Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee—after getting caught up in Hurricane Idalia. The birds likely were either pushed north by hurricane winds or rode in the eye of Idalia until it broke apart.
American flamingos are a native species in Florida, but there aren’t many left in the state due to hunting. Some of the birds recently seen in Florida had tags linking them to the Yucatán Peninsula breeding population, which is on the opposite side of the Gulf of Mexico.
This isn’t the first time a hurricane has pushed flamingos into other parts of the U.S. Hurricane Barry in 2019 led to a small number being found in western Tennessee and Missouri.
Nate Swick, the American Birding Association's digital communications manager, told NPR that he is expecting the flamingos to be able to make their way home without assistance. ‘I think the flamingos are likely to start heading towards the coast, whether or not they know which direction to go, I don't know. Birds are capable of things that we cannot imagine.’
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