Photos: Flamingos Nesting 🦩🦩🦩

[Donkees]

The fluid that feeds the nestling is called crop milk. Both adults produce this secretion in the upper part of the intestine. Photo: Claudio Contreras Koob and Nature Picture Library

In the Yucatán Peninsula, the rich wetland environment of the Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve is one of the most important sites for flamingos. The pink-pigmented birds flock to the area for breeding each year, with officials registering approximately 15,000 nests and 30,000 adults inhabiting the area in 2021 alone.



To incubate their eggs, flamingos build nesting sites in their colonies. They consist of mud cones that must be constantly maintained so that rising water does not wash away the eggs.



“Soon, I see a little white head peek out of the orange plumage. I imagine that this little creature must think the whole planet is orange,” Contreras Koob says.



As they grow, the chicks begin to explore the surroundings of the colony, always under the watchful eye of several adult animals who look after them.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2022/05/claudio-contreras-koob-flamingos/

Claudio Contreras Koob studied biology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He has dedicated himself to the profession of photography for more than 20 years and has been actively involved in various conservation projects throughout Mexico. His photographs have been published and exhibited both nationally and internationally, and he has received numerous awards in prestigious competitions such as the Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Nature's Best, and Asferico. He is a full member of the International League of Conservation Photographers. Koob's last expedition took him to Socorro Island in the Revillagigedo Archipelago, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, where he documented many endemic and endangered species.

https://bookshop.org/books/flamingo-9783961713875/9783961713875


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[Duncanpup]

1. Beautiful

[secondwind]

2. What wonderful photos!!! WOW!