But it's very rare to spot one like Conchy in the wild.
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But when it came time to release him, the state asked: Did Conchy even belong here?
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Trilobites In 2015, Conchy the flamingo showed up at Florida's Naval Air Station Key West, and he wouldn't leave.
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From time to time, birders still report seeing Conchy with other pink flamingos in the Florida Keys and Bay.
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Normally managers on the grounds lethally remove feathered troublemakers — it can be very dangerous with birds flying around million-dollar fighter jets — but Conchy was a charmer.
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Scientists used these sightings as evidence that not all American flamingos in Florida were escapees from tended flocks and convinced the state to let them release Conchy into Everglades National Park.
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Employees at Conchy Joe's Seafood in Jensen Beach on Florida's east coast were boarding up windows and stripping bare the restaurant's waterfront tiki bar on Friday before heading to their homes to make similar preparations.
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Conchy-les-Pots is a commune in the Oise department in northern France.
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Conchy-sur-Canche is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts- de-France country of France.
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James Childress (April 13, 1941 – January 22, 1977) created Conchy in the early 1960s as an homage to his love of beachcombing. By 1962, Childress was pitching the strip to syndicates with no results. Eventually, he started marketing it directly to newspapers under the business name Corinthian Features. Through this, Conchy began its newspaper run on March 2, 1970.
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Mark Evanier and Sergio Aragonés are among comics professionals who feel Conchy deserves wider attention today. Evanier wrote in his blog on December 29, 2005, "I'd like to see someone do a big book that collected the entirety of Conchy, a short-lived but wonderful newspaper strip." The next day he noted that Aragonés concurred.Evanier, Mark.
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The term "Conchy Joe" or "Conky Joe" can be a pejorative or affectionate term used to refer to a native Bahamian of primarily European descent.
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Conchy was an American comic strip that ran from March 2, 1970 to February 5, 1977 (daily) and March 13, 1977 (Sunday). Set on a desert island with a group of beachcombers as the main characters, the strip addressed serious issues of its time.
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It has been known by various names over the centuries: in 845 as Concilium, in 1406 as Conchy-les-Waben and by 1608 as Conchie. Conchil was listed among the possessions of the abbey of Saint Riquier in the 9th century. A house known as ’’’Temple-lez-Waben’’’ was a commandery of the Templars. In 1307, two Templars from here (Raoul Monteswis and Eudes of Écuires) were captured and burnt at the stake at nearby Montreuil.
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The term white is usually used to identify Bahamians with Anglo ancestry, as well as "light-skinned" Afro-Bahamians. Sometimes Bahamians use the term Conchy Joe to describe people of Anglo descent. A small portion of the Euro-Bahamian population are Greek Bahamians, descended from Greek labourers who came to help develop the sponging industry in the 1900s.Johnson, Howard (1986), "'Safeguarding our traders': The beginnings of immigration restrictions in the Bahamas, 1925–33", Immigrants and Minorities, 5 (1): 5–27, They make up less than 2% of the nation's population, but have still preserved their distinct Greek Bahamian culture.
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Scientist honored for oyster bed work, TCPalm October 21, 2010 Shells are acquired from local restaurants, quarantined for a minimum of three months, during which time they are composted and free of any potential living contaminant, and packaged in mesh bags for reef building. Currently, the retail establishments Conchy Joe's, New England Seafood, Shucker's, Finz, and Shrimpers actively collect oyster shells, which are picked up weekly by Florida Oceanographic volunteers. Once the shells are prepared for reef building, large groups of volunteers bring the shells by boat to areas deemed suitable for reef building projects. The Indian River Lagoon east of the Roosevelt Bridge is home to several man-made reefs established by Florida Oceanographic.
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However, a study published in 2018, involving an abandoned young flamingo named Conchy found in Key West, indicates that the occasional flamingos observed in parts of Florida are in fact natives, with some even permanently staying in Florida Bay year-round. The study also indicated that these flamingos may be increasing in population and reclaiming their lost range, slowly but steadily returning home. Large flocks of flamingos are still known to visit Florida from time to time, most notably in 2014, when a very large flock of over 147 flamingos temporarily stayed at Stormwater Treatment Area 2, on Lake Okeechobee, with a few returning the following year. From a distance, untrained eyes can also confuse it with the roseate spoonbill.
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