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Escapee from 2005 spotted

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  • George KG Offline
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    https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/escaped-flamingo-from-kansas-zoo-spotted-in-texas?utm_campaign=trueAnthem_manual&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1lgTfsb1_iRxltLkgBKnkwWCksmjtH7uQKCfZZpw6GfC2TXR3UJ61_tT4

    One of two flamingos that escaped from a Kansas zoo during a storm 17 years ago has been spotted on the coast of Texas, wildlife officials said.

    The Coastal Fisheries division of Texas Parks and Wildlife confirmed Tuesday to The Associated Press that the African flamingo — known as No. 492 because of the number on its leg band — was captured on video shot March 10 by an environmental activist near Port Lavaca, Texas, at Rhodes Point in Cox Bay. Officials were able to make out the bird's leg band on the video.

    The bird and another flamingo escaped from the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita on a stormy night in June 2005. Employees had not yet clipped the birds' wings to prevent them from flying, which facilitated their escape.

    While the other flamingo was never seen again, No. 492 has been spotted several times in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas, sometimes with other wild flamingos. Officials said it had been a year or two since the bird was last seen in Texas.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

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      Good for him. He's picked a nice place.

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        Wisconsin?!? He escapes Kansas and takes off and is like, whoa, too cold here, gotta turn around, and that's how he gets to Louisiana/Texas?

        Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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