To view the images as a slideshow, click on the arrows in the top right-hand corner of the photos below.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Claudio Contreras Koob began to build his photo portfolio of flamingos in his home country of Mexico more than 10 years ago.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
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The photographs taken by Contreras Koob are a love letter to this unique bird that combines in-depth expertise with an artistic aesthetic. Here, the birds are about to take off to fly to their roosting site at R\u00eda Celest\u00fan Biosphere Reserve.<\/p>
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An aerial view showing flamingos on Mexico\u2019s Yucat\u00e1n Peninsula.<\/p>\n
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Although there are an enormous number of flamingos, the vastness of the wetlands in Yucat\u00e1n makes it difficult to track them and predict where they will land.<\/p>\n
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The Celest\u00fan estuary is a popular place for flamingos and is near the cenotes, underwater water reservoirs that inject fresh water into the middle of a lagoon as if from a spring.<\/p>\n
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To incubate their eggs, flamingos build nesting sites in their colonies. They consist of mud cones that must be constantly maintained so that rising water doesn\u2019t wash away the eggs.<\/p>\n
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To keep his chick\u2019s exploratory urges in check, the flamingo tries to restrain his newborn with his feet.<\/div>\n
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Soon, I see a little white head peek out of the orange plumage. I imagine that this little creature must think the whole planet is orange.<\/div>\n\n
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The fluid that feeds the nestling is called crop milk. Both adults produce this secretion in the upper part of the intestine.<\/div>\n\n\n
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As they grow, the chicks begin to explore the surroundings of the colony, always under the watchful eye of several adult animals who look after them.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n
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