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Flamingos are making a home in Florida again after 100 years – an ecologist explains why they may be returning for good

  • Written by Jerome Lorenz, Biology Researcher, Florida International University
Flamingos are making a home in Florida again after 100 years – an ecologist explains why they may be returning for goodPeaches, who was blown into Florida by Hurricane Idalia in 2023, was sighted in Mexico in June 2025.Kara Durda/Audubon Florida

Hurricane Idalia blew a flamboyance, or flock, of 300-400 flamingos that was likely migrating between the Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba off course in August 2023 and unceremoniously deposited the birds across a wide swath of...

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