I Spy With My Compound Eye, Another Seablush, To W…
107/365: "Blue thou art, intensely blue; Flower, w…
San Francisco Zoo: Sunbathing Penguin
Lovely Desert Parsley
Paper Wasp Egg
Paper Wasp Nest
Paper Wasp Guarding Her Nest (2 more pics below)
108/365: "Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's n…
San Francisco Zoo: Prairie Dog, and Janet Has Offi…
Dreamy Bird's Foot Trefoil (1 more pic below)
Mr. Green Jeans
109/365: "I'd kiss a frog even if there was no pro…
San Francisco Zoo: Giraffe and Young Kudu
Spikey Moss
Sporophyte Tear Drops
110/365: "I'm always astonished by a forest. It ma…
San Francisco Zoo: Pair of Preening Penguins
Channelling Red Stilletto
Honey Bee on Maple Flower
111/365: "Each flower is a soul opening out to nat…
San Francisco Zoo: Mandrill Baboon
Madrone Blossoms
Pure White Shortspur Seablush
106/365: "Happiness is like a kiss. You must share…
Magnificent Yellow-Tinge Larkspur
San Francisco Zoo: Wise Old Man
Pink Torch (4 pix below)
105/365: "Beauty is a fragile gift." ~ Ovid
The Amazing Dr. Seuss Tree (Monkey Puzzle Tree)
Crabby McCrabberton Shows Us the Size of the Last…
104/365: "The only thing that scares me more than…
103/365: "Family is not an important thing. It's e…
102/365: "Someone told me it's all happening at th…
101/365: "A man's house is his castle." ~ James Ot…
100/365: “ I don’t know of any other city where yo…
99/365: “Don't buy the house, buy the neighborhood…
98/365: "I'm the kind of person that responds stro…
97/365: "What we have to do... is to find a way to…
96/365: "It is better to travel well than to arriv…
95/365: "Little drops of water, little grains of s…
Spotted Towhee Courtship Dance!
Beautiful Caterpillar!
Portrait of a Fancy-Haired Caterpillar
94/365: "Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescend…
Beautiful Jonquils Covered with Raindrops
See also...
Keywords
Authorizations, license
-
Visible by: Everyone -
All rights reserved
-
372 visits
San Francisco Zoo: Snoozing Flamingo Keeping an Eye Open


I'll be posting a picture every day from my trip to the San Francisco Zoo last week, and here's one that didn't appear on the collage I made!
This is a lovely Chilean Flamingo, and the large flock of about 50 was located mere feet away, over a relatively low fence, so taking pictures was easy and so much fun! I was surprised how small these birds were...they stand between 43-51" tall but for some reason, I thought they were 64-72"!! Granted, they ARE large birds, I just thought they were bigger!! :D
I took the liberty of cutting this bird out and giving it a black background for a more dramatic look. :)
From Wikipedia:
The Chilean Flamingo is a large species of flamingo at 110–130 cm (43–51 in), closely related to Caribbean Flamingo and Greater Flamingo. It breeds in temperate South America from Ecuador and Peru to Chile and Argentina and east to Brazil; it has been introduced into Germany and the Netherlands. There also a small population in Utah and California. Like all flamingos it lays a single chalky white egg on a mud mound.
This is a lovely Chilean Flamingo, and the large flock of about 50 was located mere feet away, over a relatively low fence, so taking pictures was easy and so much fun! I was surprised how small these birds were...they stand between 43-51" tall but for some reason, I thought they were 64-72"!! Granted, they ARE large birds, I just thought they were bigger!! :D
I took the liberty of cutting this bird out and giving it a black background for a more dramatic look. :)
From Wikipedia:
The Chilean Flamingo is a large species of flamingo at 110–130 cm (43–51 in), closely related to Caribbean Flamingo and Greater Flamingo. It breeds in temperate South America from Ecuador and Peru to Chile and Argentina and east to Brazil; it has been introduced into Germany and the Netherlands. There also a small population in Utah and California. Like all flamingos it lays a single chalky white egg on a mud mound.
Karp Panta, Rainer Blankermann, Chrissy, have particularly liked this photo
- Keyboard shortcuts:
Jump to top
RSS feed- Latest comments - Subscribe to the comment feeds of this photo
- ipernity © 2007-2025
- Help & Contact
|
Club news
|
About ipernity
|
History |
ipernity Club & Prices |
Guide of good conduct
Donate | Group guidelines | Privacy policy | Terms of use | Statutes | In memoria -
Facebook
Twitter
Sign-in to write a comment.