5 flamingos appear on Lake Michigan beach in first-ever Wisconsin sighting

[Louie Detroit]

Big excitement in Weasel Land.

PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. — Five flamingos that showed up in Wisconsin to wade along a Lake Michigan beach attracted a big crowd of onlookers eager to see the unusual visitors venturing far from their usual tropical setting.

The American flamingos spotted Friday in Port Washington, about 25 miles north of Milwaukee, marked the first sighting of the species in Wisconsin state history, said Mark Korducki, a member of the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

The birds stood quietly 25 feet off Lake Michigan’s western shoreline as waves lapped against their thin legs. Three were adults, identifiable by their pink plumage, and two were juveniles clad in gray.

Jim Edelhuber of Waukesha was among a crowd of about 75 bird enthusiasts drawn to the city's South Beach after word spread on social media about the flamingos' appearance there.

“This is huge. This is unbelievable," said Edelhuber, an avid bird watcher and photographer.

The sighting was unexpected but not a total shock because of recent reports of flamingos in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania, said Ryan Brady, conservation biologist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Wildlife biologists hypothesized that the flamingos were pushed north in late August by the strong winds of Hurricane Idalia, the Journal Sentinel reported.

The typical range of the American flamingo is Florida and other Gulf Coast states as well as the Caribbean and northern South America.

Debbie Gasper of Port Washington made the short trip to the lakefront with her husband, Mark. She said that before Friday the only flamingos she has seen have been on the couple’s trips to Aruba.

Gasper said she was going to send photos of the birds to relatives in Georgia who “aren’t going to believe it.”

Sounds like road trip time for Giraffe.


https://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...h/70960135007/

[04 commemorative]

I blame Trump

[LisaJohn]

These were in Alabama. I didn’t take this pic.

[Anjdog2003]

Things to do in Wisconsin, look at five Flamingos.

[Raazor]

I made it as far as "B...".

[snide]

There goes the neighborhood...

[John Vallerie]

Originally Posted by Anjdog2003

Things to do in Wisconsin, look at five Flamingos.

And eat cheese?

[Unsuspicious]

Originally Posted by Anjdog2003

Things to do in Wisconsin, look at five Flamingos.

There are 1008 flamingoes every year in Madison

[simpleman68]

Knooger - "2, 1, 3"

[MadInNc]

Hey @MikeB , you’re close. Sneak over there snag one of em and use it for Thanksgiving. Tell all its a Fla Amish Turkey

[Louie Detroit]

The birds stood quietly 25 feet off Lake Michigan’s western shoreline as waves lapped against their thin legs.

Sounds almost erotic.

[LATB]

Originally Posted by Louie Detroit

Sounds almost erotic.

A feather is erotic. The whole bird is kinky.

[Frankie the Fink]

Good, now at least one other state can have the geriatric, mobile home dwellers with plastic pink flamingos in front of the house instead of just Florida.

[DJ_Critterus]

Originally Posted by Frankie the Fink

Good, now at least one other state can have the geriatric, mobile home dwellers with plastic pink flamingos in front of the house instead of just Florida.

Dammit Snowbird season is upon us

[MikeB]

Originally Posted by Anjdog2003

Things to do in Wisconsin, look at five Flamingos.

I drank to that!

[MikeB]

Originally Posted by Louie Detroit

Sounds like road trip time for Giraffe.


https://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...h/70960135007/

Local news last night said the birds had moved up to the GreenBay area.
Probably gone south by now, as heavy rain moved in last night.

Oh well, Wisky got it's 15 minutes