Morning sunlight illuminates a lesser flamingo as water swirls in the background in the colony located at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Thursday, March 23, 2023. Park animal keepers have come up with a novel approach to encouraging nesting and increase the number of chicks hatched in the habitat by importing orange clay from the nearby baseball diamond at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. In the wild, lesser flamingos —smaller than their Caribbean and American cousins— live in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Pictures: The lesser flamingos of Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Lesser flamingos display early courtship behavior in the colony located at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Thursday, March 23, 2023. Park animal keepers have come up with a novel approach to encouraging nesting and increase the number of chicks hatched in the ha
Morning sunlight illuminates a lesser flamingo as water swirls in the background in the colony located at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Thursday, March 23, 2023. Park animal keepers have come up with a novel approach to encouraging nesting and increase the number of chicks hatched in the habitat by importing orange clay from the nearby baseball diamond at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. In the wild, lesser flamingos —smaller than their Caribbean and American cousins— live in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
A couple of lesser flamingos squabble in an early courtship behavior in the colony located at Disney’s Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World, Thursday, March 23, 2023. Park animal keepers have come up with a novel approach to encouraging nesting and increase the number of chicks hatched in the habitat by importing orange clay (background) from the nearby baseball diamond at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. In the wild, lesser flamingos —smaller than their Caribbean and American cousins— live in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
A lesser flamingo flaps its wings in an early courtship behavior over the nesting area in the colony located at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Thursday, March 23, 2023. Park animal keepers have come up with a novel approach to encouraging nesting and increase the number of chicks hatched in the habitat by importing orange clay from the nearby baseball diamond at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. In the wild, lesser flamingos —smaller than their Caribbean and American cousins— live in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Animal keeper Kris Becker tends to the nesting area of the lesser flamingos at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Thursday, March 23, 2023. The flamingo caretakers have come up with a novel approach to encouraging nesting and increase the number of chicks hatched in the habitat by importing orange clay from the nearby baseball diamond at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. In the wild, lesser flamingos —smaller than their Caribbean and American cousins— live in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Morning sunlight illuminates a lesser flamingo in the colony located at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Thursday, March 23, 2023. Park animal keepers have come up with a novel approach to encouraging nesting and increase the number of chicks hatched in the habitat by importing orange clay from the nearby baseball diamond at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. In the wild, lesser flamingos —smaller than their Caribbean and American cousins— live in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Lesser flamingos prepare to fall into a “marching” formation —an early courtship behavior— adjacent to the nesting area at Disney’s Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World, Thursday, March 23, 2023. Park animal keepers have come up with a novel approach to encouraging nesting and increase the number of chicks hatched in the habitat by importing orange clay from the nearby baseball diamond at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. In the wild, lesser flamingos —smaller than their Caribbean and American cousins— live in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Morning sunlight illuminates a lesser flamingo in the colony located at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Thursday, March 23, 2023. Park animal keepers have come up with a novel approach to encouraging nesting and increase the number of chicks hatched in the habitat by importing orange clay from the nearby baseball diamond at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. In the wild, lesser flamingos —smaller than their Caribbean and American cousins— live in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Animal keeper Kris Becker tends to the nesting area of the lesser flamingos at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Thursday, March 23, 2023. The flamingo caretakers have come up with a novel approach to encouraging nesting and increase the number of chicks hatched in the habitat by importing orange clay from the nearby baseball diamond at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. In the wild, lesser flamingos —smaller than their Caribbean and American cousins— live in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Lesser flamingos fall into a “marching” formation —an early courtship behavior— adjacent to the nesting area at Disney’s Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World, Thursday, March 23, 2023. Park animal keepers have come up with a novel approach to encouraging nesting and increase the number of chicks hatched in the habitat by importing orange clay from the nearby baseball diamond at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. In the wild, lesser flamingos —smaller than their Caribbean and American cousins— live in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Animal keeper Kris Becker tends to the nesting area of the lesser flamingos at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Thursday, March 23, 2023. The flamingo caretakers have come up with a novel approach to encouraging nesting and increase the number of chicks hatched in the habitat by importing orange clay from the nearby baseball diamond at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. In the wild, lesser flamingos —smaller than their Caribbean and American cousins— live in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Lesser flamingos prepare to fall into a “marching” formation —an early courtship behavior— adjacent to the nesting area at Disney’s Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World, Thursday, March 23, 2023. Park animal keepers have come up with a novel approach to encouraging nesting and increase the number of chicks hatched in the habitat by importing orange clay from the nearby baseball diamond at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. In the wild, lesser flamingos —smaller than their Caribbean and American cousins— live in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Morning sunlight illuminates a lesser flamingo in the colony located at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Thursday, March 23, 2023. Park animal keepers have come up with a novel approach to encouraging nesting and increase the number of chicks hatched in the habitat by importing orange clay from the nearby baseball diamond at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. In the wild, lesser flamingos —smaller than their Caribbean and American cousins— live in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Lesser flamingos fall into a “marching” formation —an early courtship behavior— adjacent to the nesting area at Disney’s Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World, Thursday, March 23, 2023. Park animal keepers have come up with a novel approach to encouraging nesting and increase the number of chicks hatched in the habitat by importing orange clay from the nearby baseball diamond at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. In the wild, lesser flamingos —smaller than their Caribbean and American cousins— live in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
A lesser flamingo preens in the colony located at Disney’s Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World, Thursday, March 23, 2023. Park animal keepers have come up with a novel approach to encouraging nesting and increase the number of chicks hatched in the habitat by importing orange clay from the nearby baseball diamond at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. In the wild, lesser flamingos —smaller than their Caribbean and American cousins— live in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Lesser flamingos fall into a “marching” formation —an early courtship behavior— adjacent to the nesting area at Disney’s Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World, Thursday, March 23, 2023. Park animal keepers have come up with a novel approach to encouraging nesting and increase the number of chicks hatched in the habitat by importing orange clay from the nearby baseball diamond at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. In the wild, lesser flamingos —smaller than their Caribbean and American cousins— live in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
A lesser flamingo flaps its wings in an early courtship behavior adjacent to the nest in the colony located at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Thursday, March 23, 2023. Park animal keepers have come up with a novel approach to encouraging nesting and increase the number of chicks hatched in the habitat by importing orange clay from the nearby baseball diamond at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. In the wild, lesser flamingos —smaller than their Caribbean and American cousins— live in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
A lesser flamingos prepare to fall into a “marching” formation —an early courtship behavior— adjacent to the nesting area at Disney’s Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World, Thursday, March 23, 2023. Park animal keepers have come up with a novel approach to encouraging nesting and increase the number of chicks hatched in the habitat by importing orange clay from the nearby baseball diamond at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. In the wild, lesser flamingos —smaller than their Caribbean and American cousins— live in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Sandy, the first lesser flamingo chick hatched at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in more than a decade feeds. Thursday, March 23, 2023. Park animal keepers have come up with a novel approach to encouraging nesting and increase the number of chicks hatched in the habitat by importing orange clay from the nearby baseball diamond at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. In the wild, lesser flamingos —smaller than their Caribbean and American cousins— live in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
A squirrel encroaches a mockup of a lesser flamingo nest on display in at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Thursday, March 23, 2023. Park animal keepers have come up with a novel approach to encouraging nesting and increase the number of chicks hatched in the habitat by importing orange clay from the nearby baseball diamond at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. In the wild, lesser flamingos —smaller than their Caribbean and American cousins— live in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Morning sunlight illuminates a lesser flamingo in the colony located at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Thursday, March 23, 2023. Park animal keepers have come up with a novel approach to encouraging nesting and increase the number of chicks hatched in the habitat by importing orange clay from the nearby baseball diamond at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. In the wild, lesser flamingos —smaller than their Caribbean and American cousins— live in sub-Saharan Africa and western India. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
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