Escaped Pink Flamingo Spotted On A Lake North Of NYC

POUND RIDGE, N.Y. — It wasn't a lawn ornament on a suburban New York lake. It was an honest to goodness real pink flamingo.

According to the New York Post ( ), Chris Evers spotted it last month while canoeing on Lake Kitchawan near his Pound Ridge home. http://nyp.st/uRuj85

Concerned the tropical bird would die in the cold overnight, he brought it home and placed it in a water-filled bathtub.

An ID band on the bird's leg showed it had been hatched at an exotic-animal business in North Carolina.

The flamingo's owner was quickly contacted. He's a private zoo operator who lives 15 miles from Evers and has a state permit to keep a flock of flamingoes.

The bird had been missing for two days after flying the coop on Oct. 22.

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Information from: New York Post, http://www.nypost.com