While the track's future is in limbo, the flamingo population is far from unstable. It is the largest non-captive flock in the United States. So vibrant, in fact, that zoos have been invited to trim the numbers to prevent disease. Flamingoes first arrived in Hialeah in the early 1930s, imported from Cuba. It took several years before they began to reproduce.
Love is always in the air here.
Last week there were dozens of fledglings on an island in the infield lake and a fair number of eggs sitting on volcano-shaped nests. An early rise The bird hunters left the Holiday Inn at 6 a.m. Thursday and headed for the track. The humidity was already building. An hour later, the nets were rolled out and Yerian gave the group last-minute instructions. Everyone else gets behind the row of Australian pine and ficus.