(live here in the wild) - The salt ponds are a winter residence for hundreds of flamingos. In the fall migration, they come to Israel from distant nesting areas. Apparently, some of them come from a reserve in the Izmir region of Turkey, and others from Lake Rumiya in Iran.
The common flamingo can be found in the salt ponds in Atlit and Eilat in the winter and during the migration seasons, and with rare frequency in the summer season. In recent years many of the flamingos in Eilat stay all year round, although they do not nest there. In addition, the flamingo in Israel tends to wander to the fish ponds on the Carmel beach.
The young flamingo is characterized by grayish-white greed and when mature its feathers take on the famous pink shade. In the salt ponds they feed mainly on Artemia: tiny crustaceans that float like a pink cloud in the salty water. The beak of the flamingo is bent and built into it in the form of a strainer. This shape allows it to filter the water and mud and leave only the nutrient.
Were these photos taken in the early morning in the pools in the Tel Dor nature reserve?
Spectacular photographs indeed!
How long do they usually stay here, and why exactly in the salt ponds, these beautiful birds feed on salty food?
Hi Anat...Flamingos are living creatures that fly from place to place, so it's good that you come to Nachshul or Atlit one day and see them in the pools.
Wise will not help in this case 🙂
Hey Sparrow
Can you pinpoint the exact location in Wiz so I can get to photographing the flamingos?
Keep those wonderful birds at all costs.
Gabi is absolutely right
Beautiful chicken. Spectacular photographs.
Thank you very much for the support 🙂
Wonderful photography, Shapo
Thanks Rachel 🙂
Beautiful photos and explanations. We will go look for them.
You will definitely enjoy it 🙂
A lovely sight
Thank you very much Shlomit 🙂
Beautiful and rare
This can bring unemployment to the area
Every year they come, not rare.
Absolutely right 🙂
perfect sparrow Happy holidays. Have a good week.
Thank you very much for the support 🙂
Good thing they landed in Haifa and not in Emek Hula where the Nature and Parks Authority kills them
exactly!
Listen to a joke: while on vacation abroad, a friend ordered tickets to a dance club called the Flamingo. At least that's what we thought he did. But it turned out that he got confused between flamenco and flamingo. And ordered tickets to a performance of traditional flamenco dancers in the evening at a restaurant.
We didn't know about the confusion, and ate at a restaurant before the club. Then in the tickets we realized that we were going to a second dinner at the restaurant.
Of course we were blown away, but we had to order something, all the same. That's how it happened that instead of dancing into the night, we sat full of food and watched some kind mothers dance flamenco for us for an hour (or: the same dance, over and over and then again in several versions). And all because of a small error.
Big 🙂 🙂 🙂
Charming, beautiful photos. There is nothing better than nature
Wonderful pictures
Thank you Irit 🙂
All the best, flamingos are very beautiful, impressive colors and it is necessary to keep the level of food quality normal.
Thank you very much Flamingo. I will pass on the message regarding the quality of the food 🙂
Interesting article, reliable coverage, good luck, my friend. Good night and happy holidays
Thank you very much 🙂
Great photographs!!!!
Kudos to the photographer - he's really great!
Thanks Anna 🙂
perfect
Thank you very much 🙂