... Winter is finally here after weeks of heavy rainfall... so great to start the new year with some Caribbean beauties🌞🏝️ from Glenn's latest cruise🚢... lovely postcard with the national bird🦩 of the island known locally as the chogogo... this iconic species is also an important attractor for tourists... even the island's airport is commonly called "Flamingo Airport" due to the flamingo pink color... and with nice matching flamingo stamp... Big thanks Glenn, more is coming!(✿◠‿◠)
The Carribean flamingo is the only flamingo that naturally inhabts North America. Bonaire is one of only four locations where the American Flamingo breeds. The island hosts the main nesting spot of the estimated 20.000 flamingos in the Southern Caribbean.
These bright pink visitors breed in the Pekelmeer flamingo sanctuary in the south of the island within the Cargill salt flats. Up to 3,000 breeding pairs raise their young in this protected area each year, with the females laying a single egg in a cone-shaped nest made of mud.
Stamp:
Flamingo with logo of local post operator FXDC
(Issued 02-03-2023)
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