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  1. Morning Flight

    Morning Flight

  2. Lesser Flamingo

    Lesser Flamingo

    Two species of flamingos occur here. The Greater Flamingo is larger has a pale (not red) eye, and shows a bicolored bill. Flamingos are filter feeders. They use fine lamellae along the inside of their bill to filter small shrimp while pumping water through their bill using their thick fleshy...
  3. Lesser Flamingo

    Lesser Flamingo

  4. Greater and Lesser Flamingos

    Greater and Lesser Flamingos

  5. Lesser Flamingo

    Lesser Flamingo

    Among the Lesser Flamingos are two juv. Greater Flamingos. Can you find them?
  6. Lesser Flamingo

    Lesser Flamingo

  7. Lesser Flamingo

    Lesser Flamingo

  8. Lesser Flamingo

    Lesser Flamingo

    both Lesser and Greater were feeding at the lagoon but these guys are the more colourful.
  9. Lesser Flamingos

    Lesser Flamingos

    Flock of lesser flamingos during the evening time on chilka lake, Odisha, India
  10. Lesser Flamingos

    Lesser Flamingos

  11. Lesser Flamingos

    Lesser Flamingos

    A large flock of lesser flamingos having their late evening gathering over the shallow lake.
  12. Lesser Flamingo, Phoenicopterus minor, Flamenco Enano

    Lesser Flamingo, Phoenicopterus minor, Flamenco Enano

    Seen at La Mancha Hmeda, Spain LUIS SITGES http://birdingtrekkingandnaturecom-luis.blogspot.com.es/2014/04/flamenco-enano-en-alcazar-de-san-juan.html
  13. Lesser Flamingo

    Lesser Flamingo

    That's a sinister-looking eye!
  14. The Great Rave in the Rift!

    The Great Rave in the Rift!

    A massive party with lots of wild dancing -but apart from us and over a million flamingo no one else turned up! Lake Bogoria is not commonly visited which is surprising given that it must hold one of the great natural wonders of the World!
  15. Pink Profusion!

    Pink Profusion!

    The Wildebeest migration is touted as one of the greatest natural wonders of the World, and so it is, but this has to be the most impressive sight I have ever seen! Lonely Lake Bogoria is a modest beauty that few tourists visit. For a time we had this incredible vista to ourselves (and the...
  16. Merry Christmas

    Merry Christmas

    Early morning in Africa, Lesser Flamingos, a good cigar and a stout camera... doesn't get any better. Merry Christmas to all my fellow fanatics! Thanks for sharing you're wealth of knowledge and images.
  17. Bogoria -one of Nature's great events!

    Bogoria -one of Nature's great events!

    .....869,374, 869,375, 869,376, 869,377..... At times there can be over a million flamingos at lake Bogoria -a truly incredible sight! ....and aye, I did count them!
  18. Flight of the Phoenix

    Flight of the Phoenix

  19. Birds born of Fire!

    Birds born of Fire!

    Lake Bogoria is an intensely alkaline shallow lake fringed by geysers and hot vents. Despite the chemistry of Hell, this lake can sometimes hold up to a million Lesser Flamingo which feed on the Cyanobacteria thriving in its waters.
  20. Where's Wally?

    Where's Wally?

    A single Greater Flamingo stands out from the crowd of Lesser Flamingo.
  21. Lesser Flamingo

    Lesser Flamingo

  22. Egyptian Goose and Lesser Flamingo

    Egyptian Goose and Lesser Flamingo

    Shot in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  23. Flying Colours

    Flying Colours

  24. In the pink of it's health

    In the pink of it's health

  25. Lesser Flamingo

    Lesser Flamingo

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