The Labor Day sight of a flamingo in Rowan County is likely a result of the bird being blown off course by Hurricane Idalia. That’s according to the state Fish and Wildlife Resources Department. Zack Couch is the non-game program coordinator for the department. He said the flamingo may be on its way home now – and is not one of the invasive plants and animals causing problems in the commonwealth.
“We just finished our initial draft of our state wildlife action plan that identifies a lot of threats to native wildlife. Out of the 1800 threats that were identified about 200, a little bit over 200 were considered invasive species issues.”
