A pink flamingo (or three...)

[foxbat]

High above the hustle and bustle of the ground below, three pink flamingos are taking a bit of a mid-afternoon nap.

http://www.aprd31.dsl.pipex.com/nature/flamingo1.jpg

Or are they? Time to bring out 'the big one' and see if they're really as asleep as they look...

http://www.aprd31.dsl.pipex.com/nature/flamingo2.jpg

As I thought, one eye open! Do birds ever really sleep? Comments, as always, are welcomed.

- Andy

[TammieO]

I like the color of the flamingo against the green background. He had one eye open to keep track of those pesky photographers...LOL

[BlueTit]

I just love flamingos, amazing creatures with great legs :D . Two great photos, I love the first one particularly.

[skade]

Cool shots! Love the colour of them flamingo!

[foxbat]

Thanks! The first one was taken with the 70-200 f/4L and the second with the 400mm f/5.6L. The second one strangely reminds me of a raspberry ice-cream sundae, it must be the colour.

[RockOne]

Cool shots. Amazing that they can support themselves balanced on one skinny leg like that !

[insomnia]

As I thought, one eye open! Do birds ever really sleep? Comments, as always, are welcomed.

- Andy

Yep, I used to raise ducks and they slept all the time, they were really lazy though. Great pictures :)