About 900 flamingos arrived in the Shagany estuary in Odesa region
Kyiv • UNN
About 900 flamingos arrived at the Shagyni estuary after surviving two strong storms. Among them are young individuals.
About 900 flamingos flew to the Shagany estuary in Odesa region. region. This was reported on its Facebook page by the Tuzly Estuaries National Nature Park, UNN reports.
"The flamingos withstood two fierce storms with snow and storms! On November 26, winds reached more than 20 m/s and waves in the shallow estuary were 50 cm high. After the storm, the entire shore of the Shagany estuary was covered with bloodworms. bloodworms and a flock of flamingos appeared near the Tuzly Amazon border," the reporters said.
In total, about 900 of them arrived, and this is about half of the birds that are currently found in the Tuzly estuaries.
"Perhaps they decided to diversify their diet and after the artemisia they feasted on in Alibey, they came to feed on bloodworms on the Shagany and have been staying here for several days. And the most interesting thing is that among this flock flock, we managed to photograph several young birds with yellow rings and we are now sure that the chicks we banded in September are fine and in September, everything is fine and they are still staying in our Park!" the in the reserve.
