Caption: NESTING
STORKS and flamingos are relatives of herons. They have unusual nesting habits. The white stork builds a nest of sticks, sometimes on a rooftop if there is a platform. The flamingo lives where the only nest material is mud. It scoops this into a mound, and lays one egg on top. In the searing heat, water evaporates from the mud and helps keep the egg cool.
FLAMINGO'S NEST
A greater flamingo's nest is up to 18 inches (48cm) high. The mud sets like concrete in the hot sunshine.
Captured from a WONDERFUL MULTIMEDIA CD-ROM title,
"Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Nature",
Dorling Kindersley Multimedia, 1995
Dorling Kindersly Multimedia
(reviewed by Univ. of Texsas Library)
http://volvo.gslis.utexas.edu/~reviews/dkmm.html
For more images captured from the CD-ROM title,
http://bioinfo.kordic.re.kr/animal/APAsrch2.cgi?qt=DKMMNature-
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the most widespread species of the flamingo family. It is found in parts of Africa, southwest Asia (including Turkey), southern Asia (coastal regions of India) and southern Europe (including Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Portugal, and the Camargue region of France). Some populations are short distance migrants, and records north of the breeding range are relatively frequent; however, given the species' popularity in captivity whether these are truly wild individuals is a matter of some debate. A single bird was seen on North Keeling Island (Cocos (Keeling) Islands) in 1988. |
