Comments on: Pretty Flamingo http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2023/09/11/pretty-flamingo/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:28:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2023/09/11/pretty-flamingo/comment-page-1/#comment-68116 CherryPie Thu, 14 Sep 2023 23:14:45 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=25993#comment-68116 So cute and I love the name :-) So cute and I love the name :-)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2023/09/11/pretty-flamingo/comment-page-1/#comment-68115 CherryPie Thu, 14 Sep 2023 23:13:17 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=25993#comment-68115 I didn't know what colour they were born but I knew they are pink due to their food source. I love the thought of your stuffed flamingo :-) I didn’t know what colour they were born but I knew they are pink due to their food source.

I love the thought of your stuffed flamingo :-)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2023/09/11/pretty-flamingo/comment-page-1/#comment-68114 CherryPie Thu, 14 Sep 2023 23:02:16 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=25993#comment-68114 :-) :-)

]]> By: London Caller http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2023/09/11/pretty-flamingo/comment-page-1/#comment-68110 London Caller Thu, 14 Sep 2023 19:07:24 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=25993#comment-68110 Our London WWT is much, much smaller than Slimbridge. But if you can get free vouchers from Tesco, why not?! ;) Our London WWT is much, much smaller than Slimbridge.
But if you can get free vouchers from Tesco, why not?! ;)

]]> By: Chrystal Chaplow http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2023/09/11/pretty-flamingo/comment-page-1/#comment-68106 Chrystal Chaplow Thu, 14 Sep 2023 13:51:51 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=25993#comment-68106 PS - I am adding a pic of Ziggy and Placido Domingo Flamingo that I just took on our balcony on my blog :) Don't mind our peeling balcony, the apartment community we live in is redoing them in the spring ;) PS – I am adding a pic of Ziggy and Placido Domingo Flamingo that I just took on our balcony on my blog :)

Don’t mind our peeling balcony, the apartment community we live in is redoing them in the spring ;)

]]> By: Chrystal Chaplow http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2023/09/11/pretty-flamingo/comment-page-1/#comment-68105 Chrystal Chaplow Thu, 14 Sep 2023 13:41:25 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=25993#comment-68105 Well, I can't speak for how long they've been at Slimbridge, but because I'm a bird nerd, I can add just a tad to the flamingo trivia, did you know that they are actually born grey, then white, deriving their pink color from their food? And that in the wild, they live about 20 to 30 years, but in captivity, in a proper habit, they can live up to 50 years? Makes us all feel a little less guilty about keeping these habitats, maybe :) Also, as a tangent, I have a stuffed flamingo with crunchy feathers as a dog toy for Ziggy pug. His name is Placido Domingo Flamingo, like the Spanish opera singer. I have tied Placido to a string so that he can "fly" about for Ziggy to chase lol. Well, I can’t speak for how long they’ve been at Slimbridge, but because I’m a bird nerd, I can add just a tad to the flamingo trivia, did you know that they are actually born grey, then white, deriving their pink color from their food?

And that in the wild, they live about 20 to 30 years, but in captivity, in a proper habit, they can live up to 50 years? Makes us all feel a little less guilty about keeping these habitats, maybe :)

Also, as a tangent, I have a stuffed flamingo with crunchy feathers as a dog toy for Ziggy pug. His name is Placido Domingo Flamingo, like the Spanish opera singer. I have tied Placido to a string so that he can “fly” about for Ziggy to chase lol.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2023/09/11/pretty-flamingo/comment-page-1/#comment-68101 CherryPie Thu, 14 Sep 2023 01:46:02 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=25993#comment-68101 Thank you :-) Flamingos are a joy to see. Thank you :-)

Flamingos are a joy to see.

]]> By: Shabana http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2023/09/11/pretty-flamingo/comment-page-1/#comment-68095 Shabana Wed, 13 Sep 2023 12:05:07 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=25993#comment-68095 Wow what a lovely site watching these pretty flamingos must be a joyous experience dear Cheri :) beautifully captured as well loved these photos ! blessings Wow what a lovely site

watching these pretty flamingos must be a joyous experience dear Cheri :)

beautifully captured as well
loved these photos !
blessings

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2023/09/11/pretty-flamingo/comment-page-1/#comment-68092 CherryPie Tue, 12 Sep 2023 21:15:10 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=25993#comment-68092 The London site is on my 'To Do' list ;-) The London site is on my ‘To Do’ list ;-)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2023/09/11/pretty-flamingo/comment-page-1/#comment-68091 CherryPie Tue, 12 Sep 2023 21:14:02 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=25993#comment-68091 Thank you :-) Thank you :-)

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