Pink Floyd, a flamingo on the lam from a Kansas zoo since 2005, is seen again in Texas

An image of a bird. This is not a bird that escaped from a zoo.

Brian Mumaw/500px/Getty Images

A bird that flew away from a Kansas zoo 17 years ago and has been on the run ever since was spotted in Texas earlier this month.

A video posted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department shows a bird named Pink Floyd wading into Cox Bay near Port Lavaca, about 120 miles southwest of Houston.

The agency joked that Pink Floyd has returned from the dark side of the moon.

According to the New York Times, Pink Floyd left the zoo in Kansas in 2005.

The staff at the zoo decided it would be unethical to amputate part of the birds' wings since they were already adults.

The staff member described the clipped feathers as similar to getting a haircut. Staff missed signs that their feathers needed to be clipped again. The two that flew the coop were 499 and 347.

Officials said that Pink Floyd has been seen along the Texas coast for several years. The bird has been reported in Arkansas, Louisiana and Wisconsin.

Pink Floyd is thought to be 27 years old, and experts estimate that the birds can live until 30 in the wild, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

There is a question about whether the bright pink birds are actually native to South Florida, as they were long considered an Invasive species in the U.S.