The Top 3 on my list of favorite birds is (1) Flamingo, (2) Pelican, and (3) Hummingbird.
We have pelicans and hummingbirds here in San Diego.
Lots of them.
No wild flamingos though.
Fortunately, the Zoo, Safari Park, and SeaWorld have thriving colonies of Flamingos, and if one goes on a regular basis, one can watch the adults build nests, lay eggs, care for the eggs, care for the chicks…. the whole family thing from beginning to end.
Well, actually, I have never seen the end, but everything else is a lot of fun to watch.
Here are five Photographic Art stamps of flamingos, nests, egg, and a chick from a visit to the Zoo a couple of weeks ago:
FUN FACT
The world’s oldest flamingo,
a resident of the Adelaide Zoo in Australia,
died at the age of 83 in January 2014.
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Love the photos
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They look a bit different than the flamingos I saw recently. They were very noisy birds but did not get to spend enough time watching. I did not know they could live that long. Thank you for the information.
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You might have seen a different species. We have three at the Zoo, the Greater Flamingo (those in the pictures here), the Lesser Flamingo, and the Caribbean Flamingo.
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Of course I would see the Lesser Flamingo. Those guys were just plain loud. Even louder than the parrots!
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During mating season is the worst. At that time they are even louder than peacocks!
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You forgot to mention white peacocks haha!
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You’re just trying to egg me on, aren’t you?………..LOL
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I like them all, but the one with mainly legs showing is very effective.
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I’ve never seen a young flamingo, is what I thought while looking through this post.
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They are really cute when they reach the age that they can get up and walk around with the big boys, looking like they might get stepped on by the big boys!
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I’ll bet, I guess they better hope their legs grow fast 🙂
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