Flamingo From Kansas Zoo Missing Since 2005 Spotted In Texas

(CBSNEWS) – A flamingo that escaped from a Kansas zoo over a decade ago has been spotted hundreds of miles away in Texas. The bird, known as No. 492, was seen near Lavaca Bay, on the Gulf Coast, by a Texas Parks & Wildlife crew last week. The flamingo fled the Sedgwick County Zoo in 2005 and has been on the run ever since, CBS affiliate KEYE reports.
In No. 492’s lifetime, the bird has traveled much farther than Kansas to Texas. No. 492 was born in Tanzania and spent time in Sout