FILLYMINGOS: ELEGANT NATIONAL BIRD OF THE BAHAMAS
FEAT. FINE-FEATHERED FABULOUSNESS FOR FRIDAY
A flock of adult flamingos on Inagua
A flock with some grey juveniles in the mix
Flamingos in Flight
Flamingos sticking their necks out…
Preparing for take-off
Flamingo chick, Inagua
Abstract Flamingos
It is an ill-concealed secret that I don’t have an artistic bone in my body – I get acute angst if asked to draw a stickman. As I was looking through photos of large pink flamingo groups, I suddenly realised that I was getting some sort of abstract vision of them. Whoooh! Art-talk. Anyway, I wondered how a legion of flamingos might look in B&W. Add a bit of highlight and… does it work at all? Whether yes or no, this may be the only B&W photo of flamingos since the invention of colour film. Why would you? [Impatient reader: ‘Why did you?]
All great photos courtesy of Melissa Maura (1, 2, 3, 9, 10); Mary Kay Beach (4, 5, 6, 7, 8); Michael Vaughn (11), with many thanks for use permission; Cartoon, Birdorable
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Pretty in Pink! đ These are such lovely birds!
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I would love to visit here!!!
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…and hopefully one day you will! Where are your nearest flamingos (wild I mean, not in a zoo!)?
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I sure enjoyed this flamingo fest, RH. Thanks so much.
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They’re so beautiful aren’t they. I’m getting a ‘thing’ for spoonbills right now. I saw one once on Abaco while fishing quite far out on the flats. So now I’ve just seen a flock of 50 in the UK on the south coast, where they gather. Rubbish and unusable pics, though (too far) but I keep them in my mind’s eye!
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