We know some people have a problem with outsiders moving into Texas, but we think even those folks won't have a problem with these new visitors to the Lone Star State.
A group of flamingos flying between Cuba and the Yucatan were apparently blown off course by Hurricane Idalia, and a lot of them actually ended up in Texas!
Native to Florida, the birds have been spotted as far north as Ceasar Creek State Park, near Dayton, Ohio, as well as Kentucky, the Carolinas, Georgia, Virginia, and Texas!
Jerry Lorenz, the state director of research for Audubon Florida, told CNN that the current amount of flamingos in the United States exceeds any other recent reports.
"We have never seen anything like this. We will get a flamingo or two following storms [but] this is really unprecedented."
Lorenz believes that the birds will eventually head home once temperature cool, and adivses that if you happen to come across one ion the wild to keep your distance.
"These birds are stressed right now. They just went through a terrible ordeal no matter how you look at it," he said. "So don't get close enough to startle them to frighten them or anything else, but enjoy their presence."
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