Flamingos are back in Florida, a sign that its restoration programme is working

A flock of flamingos fly over Florida Bay.

FOR the last century, flamingos in Florida were more likely to be spotted on T-shirts and cups in a souvenir shop than flapping around in the wild.

Then last summer, a flock of the rare and beautiful birds – a group is fittingly known as a “flamboyance” of flamingos – was blown to Florida on the fierce winds of Hurricane Idalia.