Flamingo Spotted This Year After Escaping a Kansas Zoo in 2005

NORTHRIDGE, CALIFORNIA - An African flamingo was spotted this month in Calhoun County, Texas after escaping the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas in June 2005 due to a storm. The bird is now a local Texas flamingo.

Photo credit, iStock. Not a picture of the actual escaped flamingo.

The flamingo was given the nickname "Pink Floyd."

Pink Floyd, along with another flamingo, escaped their enclosure 17 years-ago due to their feathers not being clipped. The storm took place right before.

There is a certain area under a flamingos wing that can be clipped to keep it from flying.

Having unclipped wings along with the storm made it easy for the birds to fly away. Attempts made to catch the flamingo were unsuccessful.

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The Texas Parks and Wildlife agency made posts on social media on March 25 of Pink Floyd walking on a strip of land in the cape's Cox Bay, near Port Lavaca.

The flamingo was able to be identified because of an old leg band its wearing with the number 492. That is the same number that was given to Pink Floyd in 2004.

Flamingos tend to eat shellfish, insect larva, small, fish, plankton, algae, seeds and other plants -- Cox Bay has these plants and animals in abundance.

Within the 17 years span, the bird has visited multiple states.

Pink Floyd has been spotted in Wisconsin, Louisiana and Texas. The other flamingo has not been seen since its escape.

There is a certain area under a flamingo's wing that can be clipped to keep it from flying. for Pink Floyd. Flamingos are often found in warm, well-watered areas such as great salt lakes in Africa.

The Sedgwick County Zoo is now happy to see the flamingo enjoy its life in the wild.

Audio - A flamingo that escaped captivity from the Sedgwick County Zoo in 2005 has been spotted this month in Texas.

By Micah Hall

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Photo, iStock

Audio, Micah Hall

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