Celebrate World Flamingo Day

Celebrate our fantastically feathered friends for World Flamingo Day! Put on your best pink and join the fun—guests are encouraged to dress in flamingo-inspired style. 🦩

Included with general Zoo admission. No additional purchase or reservation is required for Zoo members. Event takes place rain or shine! 

Flocks of fun include:

9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Flamingo Arts & Crafts 

• Pick up cool flamingo stickers
• Discover your flamingo name
• Design your own flamingo sticker artwork
• Get a flamingo washable tattoo
• Create a wooden flamingo ornament to take home

Meet Our Mascot
Snap a photo with our flamingo mascot, Pinky!

Animal Chats
Join our educators for special chats highlighting our flamingos and the vibrant animals that can be found along the Caribbean Coast, including sloths, bush dogs and cougars. Learn about their unique adaptations, the habitats they call home, and the conservation efforts helping to protect them in the wild.

• Flamingo Chats: 10:00 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.
• Sloth Chat: 11:00 a.m.
• Bush Dog Chat: 1:30 p.m.
• Cougar Chat: 2:30 p.m.

Kids’ Corner

• Dress for the occasion in your own flamingo mask
• Color a flamingo

Committed to Conservation

We participate in the Flamingo Species Survival Plan, a cooperative, inter-zoo program coordinated nationally through the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. SSPs help ensure the survival of selected species in zoos and aquariums, most of which are threatened or endangered, and enhance conservation of these species in the wild.