Yes, Becky the Ding Darling preserve is on Sanibel Island near Ft.Myers about 80mi. south of me. What a fun mystery and unless somebody comes forward with evidence or video of the bird ?? on a ship maybe? How are we ever going to know how it got here?
It may have gotten caught up in a storm, injured and blown out to sea, I suppose. But you'd think it would end up in the Bahamas, West Indies, Puerto Rico, or Cuba before it got all the way here. Maybe there are more of them out there??