Name this critter.

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  1. Donna S

    Donna S Hardy Maple

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  3. Jerry Sullivan

    Jerry Sullivan Garden Experimenter Plants Contributor

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    Many years ago a student wizard saw a flock of pink Flamingos and thought it would be cool to turn them into lawn ornaments. A traveling salesman saw the flock and offered to sell them wherever he traveled. The fad caught on and the student saw an opportunity to to earn tuition money. Thousands of the pink birds spread across the land far and wide. As time wore on the birds tired of just standing on lawns and some thought it would be a nice change to turn into a different representation of the famous lawn adornment. This is one of the changed birds. Its name is Go Go as in Fla Ming Go Go. Or so the story goes......

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    LOL !! I can`t beat Jerry`s story.
     
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    Copper Top. But he really doesn't need a name for he is superbbb....
     



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  6. Donna S

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    Jerry you are so funny. And Barb I'm glad you did not say copper head. The plant is setting on a table on my deck. Bird just happened to be in the right spot for a picture. So now you have seen a flamingo with a black eye.
     
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    I'd say 'Sisyphus' due to its delightful absurdity! (& also because its neck is an 'S')
     
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    Very funny Jerry
     
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    DaisyGo?
     
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    I think it is a Steely Neck Flamingo. Very rare. But there have been more sightings of them in resent years. :stew1:
     

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