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

Important anniversary for Indian River flamingos
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.

Flamingos still around in Indian River despite numbers dropping
On a recent Saturday morning, the number of flamingos that continues to hang around Bird Island totaled14.

Indian River flamingo family keeps growing
On a recent Sunday morning outing to see and photograph the pretty-in-pink birds, I counted 32 flamingos present.

Revisiting Flamingos in the Indian River
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..

Watching American Flamingos in the Indian River
This flamingo flamboyance included some brightly colored adults as well as a couple of juveniles who still had many of their gray feathers

American Flamingos – close but not close enough
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 …

Flamingos in Indian River?! Yes, but pretty far off
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.