Laguna Hedionda
This lagoon was by far the most abundant with flamingos. Altitude: 4126 metres. -21.573056,-68.038611
James’s Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi)
When their food, algae, is getting scarce on the shallows, they venture out as deep as needed to get to where the algae…
Andean Gull (Chroicocephalus serranus)
The only Andean gull I saw nesting, and this one has done what many have done before - steal the nest from a Flamingo.…
James’s Flamingo (Phoenicoparrus jamesi)
Even at these muddy sections of the lagoon, the flamingos find food that seemingly outweighs the energy spent ovecoming…