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Lesser Flamingo Being a social bird, I was finding difficult to isolate one flamingo to take a portrait. It's a common behavior where they either stand straight with their neck right upwards or stroll on the water in search of food, mostly algae or fish, with their beak rubbing on the water. They can also be found with their head dipped inside water when they find their food. This is one such moment where the Flamingo was scanning for the food.  Geotagged,India,Lesser Flamingo,Phoenicopterus minor,Winter,gujarat,migration,portrait,winter Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Lesser Flamingo

Being a social bird, I was finding difficult to isolate one flamingo to take a portrait. It's a common behavior where they either stand straight with their neck right upwards or stroll on the water in search of food, mostly algae or fish, with their beak rubbing on the water. They can also be found with their head dipped inside water when they find their food. This is one such moment where the Flamingo was scanning for the food.

    comments (2)

  1. Awesome closeup, and very well composed! Posted 7 years ago
  2. Thank you Ferdy. Trying to follow the no cropping philosophy from John Rowell and many others. :-) Hope to make more better ones. Posted 7 years ago

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The Lesser Flamingo is a species of flamingo occurring in sub-Saharan Africa with another population in India. Birds are occasionally reported from further north, but these are generally considered vagrants.

Similar species: Flamingos
Species identified by Uday Kiran
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By Uday Kiran

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Uploaded Feb 3, 2018. Captured Jan 24, 2018 16:58 in MP Shah Cir (Sat Rasta Circle), Valkeshwari, Park Colony, Jamnagar, Gujarat 361008, India.
  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II
  • f/4.0
  • 1/1250s
  • ISO200
  • 600mm