But odds are that very few people had to stuff 30 flamingos in the bathroom of the Miami Metrozoo. Back in 1992, in the leadup to Hurricane Andrew, Ron Magill of Miami, Florida found himself with. During Hurricane Andrew in 1992, animal caretakers at Zoo Miami (then Miami Metrozoo) sheltered dozens of flamingos in a bathroom.
The entire Zoo Miami aviary was wiped out by the monster Category 5 hurricane leaving the flamingos exposed to the storm. Quick thinking staff sheltered the birds in a zoo bathroom. More than 50 Caribbean flamingos take shelter in a men's restroom at the Miami Metrozoo (now Zoo Miami) on Sept.
25, 1998. Zookeepers rounded up the birds to protect them from the effects of. Ron Magill, Zoo Miami goodwill ambassador and communications director, took these photographs on Aug.
23, 1992. Magill said he believed there were a total of 38 flamingos in the Zoo Miami (then Miami Metrozoo) flock at the time, and they would have all been put in the restroom together. Amazing Photos Capture Miami Zoo's Efforts to Safeguard Flamingos in a Bathroom During the 1992 Hurricane In August 1992, Hurricane Andrew, a Category 5 storm, wreaked havoc in the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana.
In 1992, as Hurricane Andrew approached South Florida, the staff at the Miami Zoo rushed to protect their animals. Ron Magill and his team decided the safest. One of the most iconic images of Hurricane Andrew is a photograph of flamingos, huddling on their toothpick legs in a tiled bathroom.
Ron Magill, now communications director for Zoo Miami, snapped. Flamingos take refuge in a bathroom at Miami-Metro Zoo on September 14, 1999, as winds from Hurricane Floyd approached the Miami area. Tim Chapman/Newsmakers.
Flamingos take refuge in a bathroom at Miami-Metro Zoo September 14, 1999 as tropical-storm force winds from Hurricane Floyd approached the Miami area. Floyd, which was expected to miss Miami, was.