American Flamingo Archives

Important anniversary for Indian River flamingos

Roger Simmons, June 7, 2025June 9, 2025

We’re coming up on the one-and-a-half-year anniversary of flamingos coming to the Indian River at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge.

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Flamingos still around in Indian River despite numbers dropping

Roger Simmons, May 2, 2025May 1, 2025

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

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Indian River flamingo family keeps growing

Roger Simmons, April 18, 2025April 18, 2025

On a recent Sunday morning outing to see and photograph the pretty-in-pink birds, I counted 32 flamingos present.

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Revisiting Flamingos in the Indian River

Roger Simmons, March 25, 2025March 25, 2025

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..

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Watching American Flamingos in the Indian River

Roger Simmons, March 11, 2025March 11, 2025

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

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American Flamingos – close but not close enough

Roger Simmons, June 23, 2024June 25, 2024

When I heard some flamingos were spotted next to the road to Playalinda Beach, I drove over to see if they might be close enough for some photos. But …