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Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam Kimberly, South Africa
« on: December 27, 2022, 03:28:59 PM »

The Lesser Flamingo breeding ground at Kimberley, South Africa, is a globally important bird and biodiversity area. It is being monitored and studied as an ongoing effort to insure the conservation of these birds. The live camera plays an important part in collecting data that was not possible before.

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About The Lesser Flamingo:
The dynamics of Lesser Flamingo breeding and survival at Kamfers Dam, a globally Important Bird and Biodiversity Area in Kimberley, South Africa, is being monitored and studied.
https://www.birdlife.org.za/what-we-do/landscape-conservation/what-we-do/wetlands-grasslands/lesser-flamingo/#

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Re: Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam Kimberly, South Africa
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2022, 03:29:55 PM »

Dec 7, 2022 12:45 AM
Camera Time: Dec 7, 2022 8:44 AM SAST

A Greater Flamingo

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Re: Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam Kimberly, South Africa
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2022, 03:30:37 PM »

Dec 7, 2022 12:45 AM
Camera Time: Dec 7, 2022 8:44 AM SAST


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Re: Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam Kimberly, South Africa
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2022, 03:31:18 PM »

Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam
Dec 7, 2022 1:00 AM
Camera Time: Dec 7, 2022 9:00 AM SAST


Maybe Blacktailed Godwit or Shorebird

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Re: Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam Kimberly, South Africa
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2022, 03:32:12 PM »

Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam
Dec 9, 2022 8:23 AM
Camera Time: Dec 9, 2022 4:22 PM SAST

This is from   flowerbear:

Just lovely.

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Re: Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam Kimberly, South Africa
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2022, 03:32:46 PM »

Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam
Dec 10, 2022 4:58 PM
Camera Time: Dec 11, 2022 12:57 AM SAST


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Re: Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam Kimberly, South Africa
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2022, 03:33:22 PM »

Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam
Dec 11, 2022 8:00 AM
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Re: Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam Kimberly, South Africa
« Reply #7 on: December 27, 2022, 03:34:49 PM »

Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam
Dec 12, 2022 9:20 AM
Camera Time: Dec 12, 2022 5:20 PM SAST



Eclectic: looks like an Egyptian goose or two in the mix.

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Re: Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam Kimberly, South Africa
« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2022, 03:35:35 PM »

Dec 12, 2022 9:40 AM
Camera Time: Dec 12, 2022 5:40 PM SAST


Nice mix...

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Re: Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam Kimberly, South Africa
« Reply #9 on: December 27, 2022, 03:36:08 PM »

Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam
Dec 12, 2022 9:44 AM
Camera Time: Dec 12, 2022 5:44 PM SAST

African Pied Wagtail, foreground

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Re: Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam Kimberly, South Africa
« Reply #10 on: December 27, 2022, 03:36:47 PM »

Dec 12, 2022 9:45 AM
Camera Time: Dec 12, 2022 5:45 PM SAST


Whitebreasted waterhen, background; possibly wild geese foreground and a blackskimmer

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Re: Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam Kimberly, South Africa
« Reply #11 on: December 27, 2022, 03:37:21 PM »

Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam
Dec 12, 2022 9:44 AM
Camera Time: Dec 12, 2022 5:44 PM SAST

A sea gull, l ittle ringed plover  or  African Pied Wagtail  and maybe a waterhen

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Re: Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam Kimberly, South Africa
« Reply #12 on: December 27, 2022, 03:38:04 PM »

Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam
Dec 13, 2022 1:44 AM
Camera Time: Dec 13, 2022 9:44 AM SAST

Background, African Pied Wagtail

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Re: Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam Kimberly, South Africa
« Reply #13 on: December 27, 2022, 03:38:40 PM »

Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam
Dec 13, 2022 8:23 AM
Camera Time: Dec 13, 2022 4:22 PM SAST


Indian Deer (?)

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Re: Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam Kimberly, South Africa
« Reply #14 on: December 27, 2022, 03:39:26 PM »

Lesser Flamingos at Kamfers Dam
Dec 13, 2022 8:49 AM
Camera Time: Dec 13, 2022 4:48 PM SAST

 Can't seem to find out what the white deer or antelope are--for the present anyway.