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all in the same area, NW Snake Bight, counted multiple times; one bird was banded "DHDH" I submitted the banding info and will update this if I get any information on the bird. Update: 12/27 the flamingo was not banded under a US based program and the colors are the same as the ones used in Mexico, the information I provided has been forwarded to the bander. On Aug 30th hurricane Idalia hit Florida and brought with it many AMFL, see notes below. Although on 9/2 only 8 birds were reported from Snake Bight in the Everglades the count jumped to 75 birds on 9/23 and dropping to 50 on 10/1, then just over 2 dozen in following reports until on 12/5 there were only 12 birds reported. When I kayaked out to Snake Bight on 12/18 I had 39 AMFL. here are my notes of this years flamingo event that I have been keeping since we had/ I saw 2 in Ohio: Hurricane Idalia passed between the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and Cuba where it is believed to have disrupted Flamingos that breed in the Yucatan, perhaps as they were migrating to Cuba. At its strongest Idalia was a category 4 storm after passing the Yucatan. The hurricane hit the Gulf Coast of Florida close to where the Panhandle meets the peninsula as a Category 3 storm on the morning of Wednesday August 30th. Not long after birders were reporting flocks of Flamingos. The flock size was most often between 1 and 10 but the highest eBird report is of 51 birds which includes flyovers. Many young flamingos were seen in the groups which I think is unusual for Florida. Almost all of the birds seen in Florida were around the Gulf Coast of the Florida peninsula. Three Flamingos seen after the storm were banded with colors matching the ones used at the Ria Lagartos breeding colony in the Yucatan, these flamingos were seen in Everglades NP (in a flock of 8), the Florida Keys (flock size 8) and Pea Island NWR in North Carolina (flock size 11). Around noon on Friday September first George Keller reported finding 2 flamingos at Caesar Creek SP. This was before they started turning up in other states other than a flock of two in Virginia, and so far in this flamingo event are the furthest north that any have been reported. Through Sept 4th flamingos have been found in Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas (Georgia is oddly absent). Update: On 9/7 two AMFL were found in Pennsylvania slightly further north than the Ohio birds, and another flamingo was also found today on the Ohio River in Indiana (across from Kentucky) The Ohio birds were an adult and a juvenile and reported to have been flushed by a dog late in the day and flew off to the south, they were not seen again despite much searching. While I was observing these birds they did not move much as they stood in the shallow water along the swim beach. They did not seem to mind all the people that were close to them. Most of the time I was watching them they were preening or doing nothing. They did seem to go to the bathroom a lot, so they appear to be eating fairly well. Update 12/8/23: AMFL sightings have calmed down but there have still been reports along the coast in the last month outside of Florida particularly the Gulf Coast. Birds have been reported in NC, SC, MS, LA, and TX. Additionally a few states have been added to the overall list making the total list as follows: FL, OH, AL, MS, LA, TX, NC, SC, VA, MD, PA, TN, KY, IN, MO, KS, WI, and MI (still no GA). The MI bird was only seen by a few hunters. The WI record was of 5 individuals found along the lake on Sept 22 only for that day but on Sept 30th they were found inland a little over 100 miles west where they remained until Oct 6 after that only one bird was reported until Oct 8. The adult Ohio bird seen on Sept 1 appears to be have been the bird that showed up alone in Kansas on Sept 27th (last reported on Oct 9) based on distinguishing features in photos and is most likely the bird seen in Clay county, MO on Sept 26. It is about 125 miles between the MO and KS spots and 690 miles between the three. r
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