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Home / About Us/ Junior Museum & Zoo Blog / Hatched! Flamingo Flock Grows by One / Flock Watch

Flock Watch

Adult flamingo bends its neck around a small chick nestled beneath its pale pink feathers.

Adult flaming with chick

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Adult flamingo stands over a fluffy white chick resting between its long pink legs in the nest.

Flamingo and chick in nest

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Flamingo chick lies low in the nest between an adult flamingo’s long pink legs

Flamingo chick resting

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Flamingo chick stands upright and stretches small wings.

Flamingo chick stretching

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Young flamingo chick with white down and pink legs stands on a muddy nest in leafy shade.

Flamingo chick standing

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