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CARIBBEAN FLAMINGO FEEDING CHICK

Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico

By Claudio Contreras Koob

Both Caribbean flamingo parents care for their chicks, which hatch about one

month after the egg is laid. Covered with white down for their first week, the chicks

are fed a blood-red secretion rich in hemoglobin, and they grow very fast. Flamingo

colonies are highly sensitive to human presence, but I was able to get very close to

the nests without disturbing the birds by hiding underneath a camouflage throw-

over blind and crawling on all fours.

Canon EOS 5D Mark ll, Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM lens with a Canon Extender

EF 2x II, 1/500 sec @ f/11, ISO 200, ground pod;

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