First they worried that the flamingo would be much too cold. Flamingos usually live in very warm places, and Ohio can have very cold days and nights. Luckily, though, this flamingo is from Chile, and it's used to cold weather. It usually makes its home in the freezing lakes near the high Andes mountains of South America. Next, people worried that the flamingo might not get enough to eat.
Most flamingos eat shellfish.
In fact, flamingos have beautiful pink feathers because they especially like to eat pink shrimp. But there are no pink shrimp in the lakes of northern Ohio. The people of Ohio may worry. For now, this flamingo seems happy to live in a lake in Ohio with Canada geese. Something to Do Find out more about flamingos in an encyclopedia or in books.