A flamingo was spotted on a Cape Cod beach in Dennis on Sunday afternoon — a “monumentally rare” sighting, said Mark Faherty, a science coordinator at the Mass Audubon on Cape Cod.

The possibly unprecedented sighting of a flamingo in Massachusetts had the bird world aflutter this week, but don't expect to see it again here soon. It seems the bird has flown the Cape.

Cape Cod beachgoers were treated to a rare and unusual visit from a flamingo over the weekend. The American flamingo was seen wading through the water at Chapin Memorial Beach in Dennis Sunday ...