Conservationists went to dramatic lengths to save the birds, including pumping boiling hot water into the ground to ward off fire ants.

Cook said it is the largest single flock recorded in Florida since 2014, when 147 flamingos were seen together in a water conservation area in the Everglades. “Unfortunately it’s almost ...

A flock of flamingos fly over Florida Bay in this April 2024 file photo. A much larger group, numbering more than 100, was seen in the same vicinity last week. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald via TNS) ...