Pink flamingo in Flamingo Lagoon
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Pink flamingo in Flamingo Lagoon
Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 14 Jul 2008
One of the inmates, a flamingo, standing in the duckweed-infested Flamingo Lagoon > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/883118. Flamingos are large pink and red wading birds. They are related to and similar to heron, stork and spoonbill but have a longer neck; they have webbed feet and a uniquely shaped bill, which they use for scooping up aquatic plants and shellfish. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicopteriformes
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Image Location
Latitude
52.921588
Longitude
1.297536