Flamingos Return to Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo

Flamingos have returned to Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo for the first time since 1997, the zoo said in an October 13 press release.Video released by the zoo shows nine juvenile flamingos roaming their swamp habitat.The zoo said the nine flamingos range in age from two to nearly five months old, and their pink feathers are still developing.“Over the coming years, we hope to breed and hatch many more flamingo chicks at the Zoo to build up a large flock, similar to what you might experience in the wild” said Cody Hickman, associate director of avian care at the zoo. Credit: Lynette Kleisner/CZS-Brookfield Zoo via Storyful