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Greater Flamingo

Phoenicopterus roseus

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Field Notes

Description:

"Walking on air" - this is actually how they land by starting to run before they touch the water, the first splash can just be seen. Thousands of them have made their home on this salt lake but they regularly move from one end of the lake to the other.

Habitat:

Inland salt lake.

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2011 Best Wildlife Photo
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PublishedDecember 27, 2011

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