Flamingos in Wisconsin? Tropical birds visit Lake Michigan beach in a first for the northern state
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2023-09-23 20:36
Flamingos in Wisconsin? Tropical birds visit Lake Michigan beach in a first for the northern state
By AP News Published Sep 23, 2023 01:02 pm PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. (AP) — 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 (40 kilometers) 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.

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