Birds in Pairs
Top 25 Wild Bird Photographs of the Week
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Birds in Pairs
Gregarious behavior is beneficial to birds because it provides protection in numbers and gives each individual a better opportunity for survival. A roosting flock, for example, will generate body warmth in cold weather that can help the group stay more comfortable. There are also many bird species known to form long term, strong pair bonds that could be defined as mating for life. While any of these birds may seek a new mate if the pair cannot produce eggs or if one partner is injured or dies.
Featured here are American Flamingos, residents of the Jurong Bird Park in Singapore.
Photographed: August 20, 2017 | Published: Nov 29, 2019.
American Flamingos, also known as Caribbean Flamingos, are the only flamingos that naturally inhabit North America. These flamingos have adapted to their shallow water environment in several ways. They have long legs and large webbed feet which they use to wade and stir up the bottom of water bed to bring up the food source. Photographed at Jurong Bird Park, Singapore (Siddhartha Mukherjee)