flamingo

Two flamingos neck and neck in the take-off race.

Jamess Flamingos (Phoenicoparrus jamesi) These birds were very skittish, they were even afraid of vehicles.

Andean Flamingos (Phoenicoparrus andinus) We walked out ca. 800 m and the birds were still at least that far away. I was already ankle deep in mud. This might show 1/5 of the flamingos that were there. A lot of dust devils swept through the area but they never disturbed the birds. Elevation...

Flamingos

These long-legged beauties can be found in their thousands in Kenyas incredible rift valley lakes. Most of the Rift Valley lakes are alkaline and have blooms of blue-green algae on which the flamingos feed. They feed by siphoning the algae with their incredible curved beaks, and the algae in...