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 ABOUTfeatured: 30 Best Snorkeling Blogs Fun Ways to enjoy the caribbeanJun 6, 09 Comments Off
 wild-flamingos-in-curacao Good evening all, I just got home from photographing the flamingo’s! They have been hanging out just a few meters from the ocean in a little cove very near our main trail for the past few weeks now. This is the first time we have ever seen them here and I thought tonight I would go and see how close I could get? I rode my bike down to the beach without them seeing me, then quietly hid the bike in the brush. I was lucky they were on the other side of a big slave wall so I was able to crouch down and slowly make my way to an opening. I was doing well I thought until some of the other birds noticed my arrival and sounded the alarm. The Black Necked Stilts are the loudest and I am sure they were telling the flamingos all about this strange thing hiding behind the wall. Anyways I was able to get quite a few nice shots before they all decided to take off as you see here, it takes them quite a few steps on the water before they are airborne, they are very big animals! I was telling Aimee I have never seen them so rich in color as I did tonight, they must have a great food source here. The large group of flamingo’s in the background did not immediately fly off, they just sat out there eating but as I went over the wall and tried to get closer they took off to join their friends, you can only get so close!
Aimee and I both worked all day, I did get a fun baby Pasku shot today and will send that tomorrow. Hope all is well out there, I know it’s the weekend so we won’t be hearing from many of you. By now, Barry
06-06-2009
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