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Old 09-05-2012, 04:07 PM
 
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Where in Florida, or around Tampa/The Gulf can you still see Flamingo's in their natural habitat? and I am NOT talking about theme parks...But you always see the "flamingo" on all sorts of memorabilia like key chains, postcards etc, yet I have no clue where you would see them live? I am assuming they have to be around somewhere since they are such a symbol for Florida!
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Old 09-05-2012, 04:17 PM
 
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Where in Florida, or around Tampa/The Gulf can you still see Flamingo's in their natural habitat? and I am NOT talking about theme parks...But you always see the "flamingo" on all sorts of memorabilia like key chains, postcards etc, yet I have no clue where you would see them live? I am assuming they have to be around somewhere since they are such a symbol for Florida!
You probably won't. They are not really from Florida. The only place any have been seen in the wild (other than escaped zoo birds) are down around the very southernmost tip of Florida and/or the Keys.
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Old 09-05-2012, 04:58 PM
 
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Well I kinda knew they were not original to Florida, but I was thinking I might be wrong...
I love these herons though....

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You probably won't. They are not really from Florida. The only place any have been seen in the wild (other than escaped zoo birds) are down around the very southernmost tip of Florida and/or the Keys.
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Old 09-05-2012, 05:07 PM
 
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The roseate spoonbills look similar to flamingos - they are large pink birds, but of course have the large rounded bill (like a spoon). I used to see those all the time when we lived in Lakeland.
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Old 09-05-2012, 06:13 PM
 
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Where in Florida, or around Tampa/The Gulf can you still see Flamingo's in their natural habitat? and I am NOT talking about theme parks...But you always see the "flamingo" on all sorts of memorabilia like key chains, postcards etc, yet I have no clue where you would see them live? I am assuming they have to be around somewhere since they are such a symbol for Florida!
Flamingo's are not native to Florida.

So you will see them in Zoos...
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Old 09-05-2012, 08:18 PM
 
Location: Tampa
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In the seven years in Tampa, I have not seen one flamingo. I have seen them in south Florida. Do you know why they are pink? It is because of all the shrimp they eat. Do we have shrimp here?
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Old 09-05-2012, 08:20 PM
 
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Like others have said, flamingos are not native here. The flamingo most people associate with Florida is the Caribbean flamingo which, as the name implies, lives in the Caribbean.
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Old 09-05-2012, 10:16 PM
 
Location: St Pete, FL
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We have a pink spoonbill that hangs at our lake here Such a pretty bird!
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Old 09-06-2012, 02:35 AM
 
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"roseate spoonbills" I have seen these...

Yeah I know....but then how come you see "Flamingo's" all over every key chain, postcard etc? when did it because Florida's state bird? cause you don't see the roseate spoonbills on any advertising memorabilia!
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Old 09-06-2012, 04:51 AM
 
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"roseate spoonbills" I have seen these...

Yeah I know....but then how come you see "Flamingo's" all over every key chain, postcard etc? when did it because Florida's state bird? cause you don't see the roseate spoonbills on any advertising memorabilia!
Because I guess they are cute and northerners are so stupid, they we are able to pull the wool over their eyes. And it's not our state bird.
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