But conservationists worry that plans to mine soda ash – also known as sodium carbonate, which is used in making glass, chemicals, and detergents – would disrupt the sensitive birds’ breeding grounds, threatening the species and putting a damper on East Africa’s tourism industry. This shallow salt lake provides the optimal habitat for flamingos and their chicks as the caustic environment keeps mammal predators at bay. © Anup Shah.Īstoundingly, over half of the world’s lesser flamingos (between 65-75%) are born in a single lake in northern Tanzania: Lake Natron. ![]() Lesser flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor) with egg. However one describes it, this biological wonder may be under threat as Tanzania plans to mine in a flamingo breeding ground that is not only regionally important, but globally. ‘Spectacle’ comes to mind, but even this is not wholly accurate for the surreal pink crowd. ![]() ![]() It’s not easy to find a single word to describe witnessing hundreds of thousands of flamingos filling up a shallow lake in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa.
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