Baby Flamingo 6
by Steve Rich
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Baby Flamingo 6
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Steve Rich
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Photograph - Digital
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Flamingo mother and their parenting behavior is an intriguing subject for ornithologists and researchers. The mother flamingo's exhibit a unique reproductive strategy, which includes laying a single egg each year and using digestive fluids to feed their hatchling. They also form large breeding colonies, where thousands of flamingos mutually protect their young ones from predators by forming a defensive circle around them. Interestingly, the mother flamingo's can recognize their offspring among hundreds of other chicks with remarkable accuracy through auditory cues. Additionally, studies suggest that the hatching order seems to affect developmental differences in these birds' lives as the first hatchlings receive more attention than those hatched later. Understanding this undeniably fascinating parental behavior sheds light on avian-species evolution along with conservation efforts to safeguard the future of these magnificent birds.
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October 11th, 2020
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Steve Rich
Thank you Doug for the feature in Real Beautiful Birds and Real Animal Photography groups on 4-29-2023
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