Oil on canvas | 36x36 framed 40x40 I was “Tickled Pink” by the flamingo’s pink feathers, black tipped bill and golden eyes while photographing these flamingos. It is funny to think they start out as white and grey fluff balls with straight bills. The bubbles repeat all of the colors I used painting the flamingo feathers.
Greater Flamingo Facts:
• Greater flamingos live and feed in groups called flocks, stand or colonies. SIZE: 36 to 50 inches; wingspan: 60 inches WEIGHT: 8.75 pounds.
• Flamingo chicks are grey and white when born and do not develop their pink colouration for around 2 years. The chick is born with a straight bill which starts to curve at about one month and can filter feed properly at two and a half months. Amazingly, the adult flamingo can find its chick from hundreds or thousands of other chicks, by its ‘call’.
• The flamingo’s pink coloring comes from red-colored pigments called carotenoids that are present in their food. Younger birds are a pale grey-brown color, with only a touch of pink. As they grow, they gradually turn pink.
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Tickled Pink© JoyEful Party Animals®
Oil on canvas | 36x36 framed 40x40
I was “Tickled Pink” by the flamingo’s pink feathers, black tipped bill and golden eyes while photographing these flamingos. It is funny to think they start out as white and grey fluff balls with straight bills. The bubbles repeat all of the colors I used painting the flamingo feathers.
Greater Flamingo Facts:
• Greater flamingos live and feed in groups called flocks, stand or colonies. SIZE: 36 to 50 inches; wingspan: 60 inches WEIGHT: 8.75 pounds.
• Flamingo chicks are grey and white when born and do not develop their pink colouration for around 2 years. The chick is born with a straight bill which starts to curve at about one month and can filter feed properly at two and a half months. Amazingly, the adult flamingo can find its chick from hundreds or thousands of other chicks, by its ‘call’.
• The flamingo’s pink coloring comes from red-colored pigments called carotenoids that are present in their food. Younger birds are a pale grey-brown color, with only a touch of pink. As they grow, they gradually turn pink.