Chilean flamingos in Torres Del Paine National Park, Chile
© Ben Hall/Minden Picture
The Year of the Bird. Flamingos of the Chilean desert
Chilean flamingos fly past the Paine massif, an eastern outcropping of the Andes Mountains in Torres Del Paine National Park. Below the towering peaks is the western edge of the Patagonian Desert in Chile. Despite the ‘desert’ designation, the Chilean portion is a large drainage basin for numerous glacier-fed lakes and rivers. These shallow waters are an ideal habitat for Chilean flamingos—they dip their comb-like bills into the shallow water to filter out tasty plankton and algae.
Related Images
In Somerset, England, for Old Twelvey Night
On Pie Day, an apple tree in winter
For Science Fiction Day, inventor Nikola Tesla and his ‘magnifying transmitter’
Park City, Utah, for the Sundance Film Festival, which begins today
The Gulmarg cable cars in the Himalayas
Climbing Athabasca Glacier in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada as the Aurora Borealis glows
Ice-fishing village near L'Anse-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada
A rider hunts with an eagle in the Altai Mountains of Mongolia
Bing Today Images
Olive grove, Valle d'Itria, Puglia, Italy
Nov 20, 2024
