Flamingo was first spotted on Jan. 30 at New York’s Madison Square Park by Carlos Rodríguez, a professional dog walker. The pigeon’s bright pink hue was a clear sign that something was wrong.

“As soon as I picked it up, I smelled the fumes coming out of him,” Rodriguez told the Times. It remains unclear whether Flamingo was deliberately dyed pink, or why, but a prevailing theory ...

Hurricane Idalia is being credited with delivering a flamingo-palooza ... latest sightings and scattered out across eight states hoping for a look at the leggy, pink wading birds.