By Russell E. Emmons (Russemmons) on Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 12:18 am:
Last I heard the Flamingo hasn't been seen since Friday. Many UP and downstate birders have been looking for it west of Munising at the Au Train lake and river. Tourists took photos of it from a distance. The area where it was is only accessible by boat. It appears now it is an "escape". There are no confirmed official records of a true wild one anywhere ever outside of Florida and only one for Texas!
Dave, those are Black CROWNED Night Herons! Haven't heard anything if they are along the lake this year in SCS (yet) I would suppose Macomb Audubon members would be aware of them there!(?)
By Suzanne Lunn (Suelunn) on Thursday, August 11, 2005 - 02:27 pm:
Thanks for all the nice comments on my picture of the beautiful Blue Heron I took...some credit belongs to my husband who actually saw it before I did.