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Article: SA flamingo breeding island project makes history.(News)
- Article from:
- Cape Argus (South Africa)
- Article date:
- January 17, 2008
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By JOHN YELD
Environment & Science Writer
If estate agents' hyperbolic prose in property advertisements is anything to go by, people definitely prefer "architect-designed" houses - so why shouldn't the Lesser Flamingo also choose a designer home?
These beautiful birds have made history at Kamfers Dam, just outside Kimberley, by starting to breed on an artificially created ... um, make that architect-designed ... island in this large, permanent wetland that is a proclaimed Natural Heritage Site and Important Bird Area.
The dam supports the most important permanent population of Lesser Flamingoes in southern Africa, usually more than 25 ...