Article: Flamingo numbers.(GRAPH-READING SKILLS)(Brief article)

A flamboyance of lesser flamingos feed in the waters of ...
Getty Images;  May 11, 2008 ;     224 words ...SIMON MAINA Getty Images 05-11-2008 A flamboyance of lesser flamingos feed in the waters of Lake ... Full Size JPG (953 KB) A flamboyance of lesser flamingos feed in the waters of Lake Nakuru, on 11 May 2008, 160km from Nairobi. Nakuru ...

Article: Home of flamingosat risk from pollution.
New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand);  July 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... development will leave lesser flamingos in East Africa facing ... more than 500,000 lesser flamingos in summer - 75 per ... smallest of the six flamingo species and one of the two ... breeding sites for lesser flamingos in the world, but ...

Article: Chemical plant threatens Rift Valley flamingos ; NEWS / HOME
The Independent - London;  July 12, 2007 ;     635 words ... ... development will leave lesser flamingos in east Africa facing ... more than 500,000 lesser flamingos in summer - 75 per ... smallest of the six flamingo species. It has long pink ... breeding sites for lesser flamingos in the world, but ...

Article: Wildlife detectives try to solve mystery of dying flamingos
The Independent on Sunday;  June 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... the largest population of lesser flamingos, or Phoeniconaias minor ... least 100 flamingos. "Lesser flamingos breed in inhospitable areas ... Mr Richardson said. "Lesser flamingos usually favour inhospitable ... the smallest of the five flamingo species. Flamingos collect ...

Article: Lake Natron's lesser flamingoes under threat from mining ...
The Sunday Independent (South Africa);  October 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... parents and chicks. The lake supports huge concentrations of lesser flamingos that feed and roost on other lakes along the Rift Valley ... a species linked to mass nest desertions by the other flamingo species, known as the greater flamingo, which is whiter and slightly ...

Article: Flamingos thrive best in the poo of India!
The Hindustan Times;  March 12, 2008 ;     617 words ... ... University of Leicester, has been studying lesser flamingos for nine years. His research has ... given him 'rather a shock.' "Lesser flamingos are graceful, majestic, birds ... complete contrast to Africa, where lesser flamingos only live on inland soda lakes and ...

Article: Development goes to the birds; Locals might eat flamingos out of ...
The Saturday Star (South Africa);  February 7, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... resort to eating the town's |famous lesser flamingos if |a contentious multibillion ... Africa's only breeding population of lesser flamingos at Kamfers Dam. Their acclaimed nesting ... infrastructure." More than 83 000 lesser flamingos have been seen at Kamfers Dam, an ...