Photography of Birds – Set # 77

Set # 77

American Flamingo

Courtship is most often seen among individuals that change partners often or are promiscuous. A spectrum of pairing relationships is seen. Some birds have a long-term partner throughout the year; others form pairs during periods of courtship and nest attendance. How long a relationship lasts is affected by many factors, including addition and removal of adults, maturation of juveniles, and occurrence of trios and quartets. In most pairs, both individuals usually construct and defend the nest site. In rare cases, one individual undertakes both duties. Within trios, the dominant pair begins the nesting process by choosing and then defending the site.

Chilean Flamingo

Males and females co-operate in building a pillar-shaped mud nest, and both incubate the egg laid by the female. Both parents also take turns incubating the egg. Upon hatching, the chicks have gray plumage; they do not gain the typical pink adult coloration for 2-3 years. Both male and female flamingos can produce a nutritious milk-like substance in their crop gland to feed their young.

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13 thoughts on “Photography of Birds – Set # 77”

William Wise on June 28, 2020 at 9:29 am said:

Very nice S-curve composition in the first shot! William

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- H.J. for avian101 on June 28, 2020 at 3:24 pm said:
  
  Thank you, William. 🙂
  
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Indira on June 28, 2020 at 12:16 pm said:

A curvaceous beauty! 😀
(Don’t know whether it is a he!)

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- H.J. for avian101 on June 28, 2020 at 3:25 pm said:
  
  🙂 Ha, ha. Thanks, Indira.
  
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Jane's Heartsong on June 28, 2020 at 2:44 pm said:

In the photo of the Chilean Famingos I love the layers of colours in the feathers and fascinating that both male and female form this milk-like substance-is it regurgitation?

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- H.J. for avian101 on June 28, 2020 at 3:43 pm said:
  
  No, is not. It’s a liquid very much like milk with the same properties. Many birds have the same secretions from their crop gland. Thanks, Jane. 🙂
  
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Lisa Rest on June 28, 2020 at 6:49 pm said:

Great photos. Flamingos are so unusual, they seem like figments of the imagination. But they dance! I wonder if they inspired flamenco dancing.

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- H.J. for avian101 on June 28, 2020 at 6:59 pm said:
  
  Thanks so much, Lisa. Yes, they do dance without music. 🙂
  
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  - Lisa Rest on June 28, 2020 at 7:16 pm said:
    
    I think they have their own music, we just can’t hear it. 🙂
de Wets Wild on June 28, 2020 at 10:50 pm said:

Flamingoes are such graceful birds and your images of them are beautiful, H.J. I never get this close to them in the wild.

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- H.J. for avian101 on June 29, 2020 at 3:05 pm said:
  
  You need to be patient, have a long zoom lens and to move very slow. These birds are extremely nervous. Thank you, D. 🙂
  
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sv-anui.com on June 29, 2020 at 1:26 am said:

Fascinating information and great images, HJ!

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- H.J. for avian101 on June 29, 2020 at 3:06 pm said:
  
  Thanks so much, Chris. 🙂
  
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