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Flamingo Dry Tortugas

If anyone has any current information about the flamingo sighted in the Dry Tortugas area please email Jessica Klumb with Zoo Miami at: klumbj@miamidade.gov
Zoo Miami's Conservation Department is actively trying to locate this flamingo who is thought to be injured. We are trying to secure the proper permits to rehab this bird and attach a satellite tracker upon its release. This opportunity could possibly give us invaluable information about the species in which so little is known. As some of you may know a team at the zoo has been doing a lot of research to get to the bottom of their origins. For more information you can click on the link that I provided about the study. Thank you all!

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/21/science/flamingos-florida.html
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Brian Rapoza
over 6 years ago

An eBird checklist submitted today from the Dry Tortugas (https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45600079) reports that the flamingo marooned there is dying or may already be dead. If true, it's unfortunate that something couldn't have been done sooner to save this bird.

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