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The Endangered Andean Flamingo

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The highly specialized foraging strategy of flamingos makes them vulnerable to the effect of subtle changes in habitat quality. The status of its preferred wetlands throughout the year dictates movements that often results in a nomadic lifestyle. This may include long distance movements in short periods of time.

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Birding Balangshan (peak area) in June 2023

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The best female strategy seems to be to mate with as many of the males as possible, as this means more help in feeding the chicks by all the potential fathers (I guess the fathers do not have easy access to paternity tests). Being a management consultant, I am well-versed in the science and art of b *g.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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Even a Heron Conservation Group seems to have a none-too-positive view of the Striated Heron , describing it a bit as if it is the Quasimodo among herons: “The Striated Heron is a small, stocky dark backed heron with a thick neck, relatively heavy dark bill, thick short legs, and grey neck.” ” How unfair.

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Just Two Lessons Learned for Today

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I think it's great, given how hostile the world is to our minority opinions and lifestyle, that there are safe places, even if those safe places have ranting as their modus operandi. If that's what makes the people in that particular insider group happy, that's fine. We humans can't even agree on what happened in the past.