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There is an interesting park in the middle of busy Kowloon in Hong Kong that is home to a flock of Flamingos.
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What can I say?...a somewhat more elegant offering than my previous Flamingo shot. These creatures elicit many varied reactions, from comical, to hilarious, to stunning beauty. In researching them, the data is confusing, with no one being able to nail down their beginnings, and confusion from which family of birds they hail. Some say they are related to grebes, some to ibis. They are endangered in certain parts of the world for unknown reasons. There is no reliable explanation for why they stand on one foot.
So, I offer you this moment in a Flamingo life.......beauty.
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Gotomeer is a saltwater lagoon near the island's northern end and is a flamingo hangout. Bonaire is one of the few places in the world where pink flamingos nest.
We visited the lagoon on a shore excursion. At the lagoon, we saw dozens of flamingos.
Caribbean Flamingos, Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
The brightest coloured in the flamingo family, these flamingos are easy to spot with three colours on their bills – grey at the base, pink in the middle and black at the tip. If threatened or if predators are spotted, they produce a goose-like chorus of honks. These birds are also known to spend quite a fair amount of their time preening.
Take a closer look at the flamingos and you will notice their unique beaks that act like sieves to trap food such as algae, diatoms and aquatic invertebrates.
Carotenoid digested during feeding causes the Flamingos bright coloured plumage. They can live to 50 years old.
Flamingo at Whipsnade Zoo
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