Fair Fowls and Flamigo

Fabulous flamingos living by the side of the lake at Harewood House Bird Garden take time out to have a preen. The gardens are a fascinating place to see unfamiliar birds to these shores.   At the moment the Chilean Flamingos total 17 adults and one juvenile in the flock.  They stopped breeding when a storm brought trees down on their nesting site but a recent creation of a new nesting island for them resulted in a baby flamingo.  While watching them I spotted this 

nest but perhaps this collection of twigs belongs to this fellow

who was keeping an eye out for something tasty to eat

Meanwhile the Guinea Fowl were taking a stroll but this most gregarious of birds

 

prefer to do it in groups and this photograph shows of their fine feathers to full effect.  There looks to be tasty treats in the grass on which they have free range but not

here in the walled garden where the fear factor tries to keep away birds from the newly planted seeds.

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