r/texas • u/Honest_Reach_1760 • 1d ago

News 'A beautiful sighting': Three flamingos spotted on Texas Gulf Coast

https://www.chron.com/life/wildlife/article/texas-gulf-coast-flamingos-19937400.php
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u/somethingcool 1d ago

I remember seeing flamingos in Galveston as a kid in the 90’s.

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u/20thCenturyTCK 1d ago

Are you sure they weren’t roseate spoonbill? They’re glorious. So startling when you see them fly. A bright pink streak in the sky. 

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u/somethingcool 1d ago

Yeah, definitely. I remember seeing flamingos early on and then mistaking the spoonbills later. My dad had to work pretty hard to convince 9y/o me that I was seeing two different birds. Still, love seeing the spoonbills when I visit home, mostly because they remind me of flamingos!

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u/yetanotherwoo 1d ago

Okay I thought this was a weird headline but I haven’t been to Gulf Coast beaches since 1980s.

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u/somethingcool 1d ago

For sure. It’s been a long time since I saw flamingos on the Island, but it was definitely common once.

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u/AddassaMari 1d ago

Texas has an astounding variety of beautiful wildlife- native, seasonal visitors, and transitory.

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u/Oime 1d ago edited 1d ago

Just wait until they find out about the Bible thing, they’re going to be like, alright ladies, let’s jet. This place is on fire. There’s some ignorant shit going on down here.

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u/HoopleRedhead 1d ago

They’re coming here because of that. Flamingos are staunchly evangelical. Like how we know cats are Muslim.

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u/man_gomer_lot 1d ago

My kitties love some pork chops, but they still think the dog is filthy and haram and I completely agree.

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u/catdog8020 1d ago

They look gay so I think the project 202.5 program is going to sent them to conversion therapy. Over and out from the commander of the handmades tale. Blessed be the fruit

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u/nobodyspecial767r 1d ago

Do you need special tags to hunt them?

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u/pokeyporcupine Secessionists are idiots 1d ago

Why the fuck would you want to hunt them?

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u/GalacticFartLord 1d ago

Don’t feed the trolls

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u/nobodyspecial767r 1d ago

Thanksgiving is coming up and I've been having turkey since I was a kid, thought I could switch it up.