Lawn Ornaments

Turns out the Cinnamon Teals of yesterday’s post were spotted at the rather meta flamingo habitat at Flamingo Las Vegas. Apparently, the habitat is unenclosed and accessible by wild species like Great-tailed Grackle, Mallard, and House Sparrow. As such, unclear if the Cinnamon Teal were wild or captive, but either way, here’s some ‘zoological garden’ content of fun-to-see, mostly exotic birds @ the Flamingo habitat:

Above & below: great to see American Flamingos, even if it’s not a “real sighting in the wild.” Fun fact: “flamingos” and “flamingoes” are both acceptable plurals.

Here’s beautiful Radjah Shelduck (Radjah radjah), a native of Australia and New Guinea:

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Next up, Ringed Teal (Callonetta leucophrys) from South America:

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Here’s White-faced Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna viduata), native to South America & sub-Saharan Africa:

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Next time, a polemic on the evils of Las Vegas! more Vegas birds! #more_bird