Tropical Bird Lands in El Paso Due to Winter Storm
El Paso Zoo
Does anyone else get the urge to say MINE when seeing this bird? Just me?
According to the El Paso Zoo, a Good Samaritan brought in the bird to Stick House Sanctuary, which is a state and federally licensed wildlife rehabilitation and animal welfare organization here in El Paso. They then transferred the bird to the El Paso Zoo. What a journey for this bird!
The Magnificent Frigatebird is a sea bird that is normally found on the tropical waters of the Gulf, Atlantic or Pacific Coasts. Because of the winter storm, birds like this cutie can be detoured into different locations- which can be very scary for the bird.
All aboard the El Paso Weather Roller Coaster. Your attire over the next several days will likely range from hoodies to puffy jackets to rain gear as Mother Nature runs the gamut from sunny and cool to what they call ‘a wintry mix’.
Parts of the El Paso area might even experience snow showers, according to the National Weather service. At this point, a wintry mix of rain and flurries is most probable Tuesday night.
A pair of storm systems will move through the Borderland over the next several days creating breezy to windy conditions & periods of precipitation. For now, most of the snow will remain in the mountains, but we ll have to closely watch the stronger system on Monday/Tuesday as it may bring heavier snow totals to the mountains, as well as the possibility of snow showers in some of the lowlands.
Cooler temperatures and the best chance for rain that we’ve had in quite some time is in the forecast for El Paso this week.
Although the nights have been pretty cold lately, daytime temperatures have remained relatively mild and above normal. But that could likely change beginning Tuesday, Jan. 12. “A weather pattern change is possible starting Tuesday as a backdoor cold front pushes through & a weather system develops to our west,” the National Weather Service El Paso noted on social media.
Wind gusts near 40 m.p.h. and an ever so slight chance for snow-capped mountains is also in the mix.