Tag: American Flamingo

When I visited them in early July, there were still 14 at Bird Island. Recent posts say their numbers dropped to seven as August began.

While other birds swept into the area by storms returned home, the flamingos at Merritt Island decided to, perhaps, make it their new home.

On a recent Saturday morning, the number of flamingos that continues to hang around Bird Island totaled14.

The flamingos were in a different spot this time, but there were more than 20 of them gathered near Bird Island when I photographed them..

This flamingo flamboyance included some brightly colored adults as well as a couple of juveniles who still had many of their gray feathers

There have been flamingos in the Indian River before, but it is pretty rare. I got up very early on a Saturday morning to try to get some pictures of them.