Young Flamingo
by Michelle Meenawong
Title
Young Flamingo
Artist
Michelle Meenawong
Medium
Photograph - Metal Print
Description
Flamingos (or flamingoes ) are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae. There are four flamingo species in the Americas and two species in Afro-Eurasia.
Flamingos often stand on one leg, the other leg tucked beneath the body. The reason for this behaviour is not fully understood. Recent research indicates that standing on one leg may allow the birds to conserve more body heat, given that they spend a significant amount of time wading in cold water. However, the behaviour also takes place in warm water. As well as standing in the water, flamingos may stamp their webbed feet in the mud to stir up food from the bottom.
Young flamingos hatch with greyish reddish plumage, but adults range from light pink to bright red due to aqueous bacteria and beta-Carotene obtained from their food supply. A well-fed, healthy flamingo is more vibrantly colored and thus a more desirable mate; a white or pale flamingo, however, is usually unhealthy or malnourished. Captive flamingos are a notable exception; many turn a pale pink as they are not fed carotene at levels comparable to the wild
A very grateful thank you to the following groups for featuring this picture
Wild Birds Of The World - A Nature Photography Group
09/15/2018
Faa Portraits - Birds
10/02/2018
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WILDLIFE ONE A DAY
12/30/2019
KINGDOM ANIMALIA
04/13/2019
YOUR STORY OF ART
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BEAUTIFUL BIRDS
01/25/2020
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September 10th, 2018
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