Baby Pink Flamingos Ready to Hatch at Ría Lagartos Reserve
Drone photography revealed a 40 percent hatch rate, with the remaining eggs expected to hatch within days.
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Fossilized flamingo egg from the Ice Age found at Felipe Angeles airport
Workers at a construction site for a new airport found an ancient flamingo egg fossil estimated between 8,000 and 12,000 years old. The rare, remarkably preserved egg from the Pleistocene period was uncovered at the new Felipe Angeles airport in the State of Mexico, INAH said. INAH is Mexico’s heritage institute, charged in part with…
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Love, art, conservation, and the zen of photographing pink flamingos
Claudio Contreras Koob has been obsessed with flamingos since he was 4 years old. “I am from Mexico City, but we have family here in Yucatán so we used to come every chance we got. I fell in love with the Peninsula right away and have not been able to keep away since,” says Claudio….
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A colorful new book contains the most mesmerizing images of Yucatán’s pink flamingos
With the perspective of an insider, no other wildlife photographer could possibly have as comprehensive a catalog of flamingo images as Claudio Contreras Koob.
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Pink flamingos found illegally packed in crates at Merida airport
Traffickers tried to steal six pink flamingos, packed into three wooden boxes found later at the Merida airport, authorities told local media. Five of the iconic, endangered species were rescued but were suffering from dehydration. One died during the ordeal. Their wings were also clipped, authorities said. Personnel from the Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection…
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Flamingos in Celestún are in the pink
To the delight of tour guides there, pink flamingo are thriving at the Celestún Biosphere Reserve. Members of the cooperatives that operate tourist boats expressed astonishment at the number of birds that are forming their “lineas rosas,” or “pink lines.” Between January and April, according to the guides, it’s the best time to spot pink…
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Growing flamingo population has taggers busy at Ría Lagartos
Under an ongoing conservation program, 585 more flamingos were recently tagged at the Ría Lagartos Natural Protected Area on the coast.
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1st chicks of the pink flamingo season hatch in Rio Lagartos
It’s a banner year for pink flamingos, with a record 21,960 nests counted in Yucatán’s Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve.
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Record set banding pink flamingos of Ria Lagartos
Friends of Yucatán’s famed pink flamingos have broken the 2011 record in the number of birds banded for study.
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Eco-friendly cars not so friendly to flamingos
Locals in another region known for its wild flamingos are complaining that eco-friendly cars are not so friendly to their own ecosystem.
That’s all for now
That’s all for now