I found this American Flamingo hanging out at St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge in north Florida. I have never seen a wild flamingo this far north, and according to everything I’ve read, this bird is outside of its normal territory. Are the flamingos migrating further north due to global warming? Did one of our many hurricanes this year throw the bird off course? Or was it just a rare sighting that I was lucky enough to stumble onto? Regardless, it was a beautiful bird and I enjoyed photographing it.
Update: I found a local news article about this flamingo. Its nickname is Pinky and is a regular visitor to St. Marks around October each year. Pinky arrived the same day that I visited St. Marks. I guess I will classify that as a rare sighting that I was lucky enough to stumble onto.