Baby flamingos learn to fly in İzmir Bird Paradise

Baby flamingos learn to fly in İzmir Bird Paradise

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Some 18,000 flamingos, who hatched 2 months ago in İzmir Bird Sanctuary, began to learn how to flap their wings in to fly. (AA Photo)
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Spending nearly two months with their families, the fledgling flamingos learn to fly and live alone in nature starting from the third month.

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The little birds that wander in the water and slowly feed themselves are training to fly by opening wings against the wind as well.

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İzmir Bird Paradise is home to 291 species of birds including flamingos, dalmatian pelicans, small white herons, grey herons, storks, reed harriers, kestrels, Eurasian coots, rural pipits, kingfishers, poyraz birds, Eurasian thick-knees, little terns, owlets, Calandra larks, crested larks, black-winged stilts, spur-winged plovers, black-tailed godwits and redshanks.
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As a significant Eurasian-African migratory route, the area was certified as a protected area for waterfowl conservation and breeding ground in 1982.

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