Peaches, Tampa Bay's Idalia flamingo, spotted in Yucatán

Why it matters: His sighting confirms a migration pattern between Florida and the Yucatán and reveals the latest whereabouts of Tampa Bay's flamingo mascot.

State of play: While researchers outfitted Peaches with a band and tracking device before releasing him into the wild, the transmitter broke, Zoo Miami conservation and research director Frank Ridgley told Axios last year.

• Researchers in Mexico identified him by a band on his left leg, labeled "US02."
• He was among a breeding colony with nearly 15,000 nests — an improvement from previous counts, per Yucatán Magazine.

The big picture: While Peaches appears to have moved on for now, observers spotted more than 80 flamingos in Florida Bay, Pine Island and Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge during a first-of-its-kind census last February in Florida.

Flashback: The birds were once native to the Sunshine State, researchers discovered in 2018, but disappeared at the turn of the century due to aggressive plume hunting.

• While they're sometimes spotted in Florida, they have yet to repopulate here.