If the headlines are stressing you out,
why not fly with me to visit some flamingos.
These lucky flamingos in Argentina, take off, at the slightest hint of trouble,
and flaming go!
Greater Flamingos,
and Lesser Flamingos, are just as adept at flaming going!
Wish we all could do the same.
Cheers to you from The Holler~
Note: I am currently hunkering down at The Holler and am posting some older photos you may not have seen.
Lovely to see some saved photos – hope your quarantine progresses as you’d like 🙂
We are not in quarantine. I changed my terminology. We are just hunkering down and being cautious. Thank you for your concern დ
Beautiful birds and wonderful photos. Interesting that the black on their wings are not visible until in flight.
Thanks much and I noticed that too! It makes them so beautiful in the air დ
Lovely birds. We saw flamingos in the south of France.
Yes I have seen them in Europe too. Always surprises me! დ
I love how the underside of the wing is a bright red. Beautiful. And beautiful photos. I hope your quarantine is uneventful.
Thank you Lynette, all is well here. The combination of pink, white, red and black makes them look so striking in flight! დ
Them there are one big wing spans!
Aren’t they stunning creatures! And yes, they are especially big in Patagonia დ
I hope you don’t have C-19? Life is stressful enough these days, you don’t need that as well. Wishing you the best … <3
All is well here so far, unless one reads the paper. Our president seems to think one term means his remaining lifetime……..
Birds in flight as such visions of gracefulness! I would love to be able to fly regardless, but even more so during this turbulent time. Here’s hoping for some better times soon!
I share your hopes Teresa. Until things improve, we can fly away in our minds დ
Most of us are also posting older material. I hope others are enjoying my posts as much as I enjoy the images you put up.
I swear my blogging friends and their amazing blogs are the light on my horizon! Keep on posting. We need the beautiful imagery დ
Hope everything is ok! Beautiful birds, such color!
All is well here, and hope the same for you and yours Dorinda დ
Glad to hear! We are in quarantine for 14 days, daughter was exposed to the virus, so looking for things to do so we don’t strangle each other LOL
I’m so sorry and I relate! Our intimate family foibles, that are almost tolerable when we have some social distance from each other, 😉 😉 really do get quite a bit grating at times, when we have all this togetherness 😉 😉 Love to you and your family. დდდ
Stay well, my friend! Love to you & yours <3
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Thank you for sharing these lovely pictures Cindy. I do love flamingos even though the stressed hamster is still my spirit animal. 🐹 😏
Tee hee hee hee…. Still completely cracks me up. I think your hamster is doing hundreds of 360’s in his wheel about now!! Hopefully she doesn’t read the news. 😉
So THAT’S why I’m feeling dizzy!🐹🥴
Totally understandable. Your spirit animal is going bonkers 😉 😉 😉
Wow, just look at the colors in those wings–they must have been feasting on very healthy shrimp and/or red peppers.
Yes, these are very healthy and well fed birdies! დ
Wow…beautiful!
So pleased you think so & thank you Becky დ
Quarantining is giving you time to work through your archives – to our enjoyment. These are very beautiful photographs of very beautiful birds, Cindy.
Awwww, so kind of you Anne and so appreciated! Cheers my friend დ
I love the color palette in the first two photos!!
Beautiful, perfect antidote for this week in the good ole USA
Yes, yes, yes!! This is just what I needed tonight, Cindy!!
Thank you for this post – these flamingos are gorgeous!!
I would love to be joining them tonight…
We just need the ruby shoes Sheila. Maybe we could figure out a way to share them. Tap them together and off we go to Oz. The phony wizard would be better than our current reality.
Absolutely gorgeous and much needed during this time of complete insanity.
Ahhhh, if we all were birds, we could just fly away, to our pick of a more sane and peaceful place….. დ
Cindy thank you for share this beautiful photographs.
Take care.
Elvira
Awww, thank you more Elvira for appreciating them & stay well my friend დ
Cindy thank you for do a beautiful work, you hace a very special gift. It´s a pleasure to see those.
Stay well too.
Elvira
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Thank´s Cindy for your kindness
A hug
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They are beautiful, Cindy! Yes, we are living in interesting times. 🙂
Thank you Lavinia, and we are. And this is a tactful and intelligent way to refer to it. We have an overabundance of need for both tact and intelligence now დ
So beautiful! I was so excited to see them in South America.
Alison
I know! Everywhere in the world where I see them, it is cause for celebration დ
I guess it’s their long limbs and necks that make them so graceful, and the “beak, unique.”
Yes! Thank you for noticing. They are long and graceful in lagoons. When they fly, it is like angels on wing დ
Must be wonderful to see them. We don’t have them up here.
Same here. I only get to see them when I travel. დ
Gorgeous photos (as always) Take care
Visa versa 2UX2 Sheree დ
Always wonderful to rest the eyes on something beautiful that nature has created itself. Their eyes are so special that you just get caught up in them as spectators. Hope you get your “freedom” back when your “leader” crawls back into his cave ….
I don’t think he’ll crawl willingly. He’s going to need to be forcibly carried out and the house keys will all need to be changed. Thank God it is a new day! დ
Fantastic birds. A shame that they are used as croquet mallets. 🙂
Laughing…. 😉
I see lots but seldom get a decent photo, Cindy. Many thanks for sharing. Hunkering sounds a good plan! 🙂 🙂
You are most welcome Jo. Hunkering is actually sort of enjoyable in a lazy daze sort of way. დ
Stunning, as always. A good range of context and close-up.
Most appreciated Derrick & stay safe and well my friend დ
Wonderful. 🙏❤
Grazie დ
Wow! They’re so beautiful!
They are stunning creatures aren’t they! დ
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Wonderful posts. 🙏❤
Thank you very much! დ
Stressssssssed Out?! “What, me worry?” I think that was Alfred E. Newman from Mad Magazine. Oh, for the good-old days of Spy-Versus-Spy, etc. Thanks for the visual diversion. I’m going back to the garden (root crop harvesting day). – Oscar
Laughing…You just reminded me I need to harvest my carrots! Happy digging Oscar დ
Ooooh, I have not heard of gardening from your hollow. Maybe next year you can post some photo essays on how the greens grow in your region (loved the wildflower posts you have put up here and there). – Oscar
That’s a good idea. I should do some gardening posts. It is one of my hobbies…. დ
Awesome shots of these flaming , thank you Cindy. 🙂
You are very welcome my friend & cheers to you დ
Gorgeous photos, I love the close-ups, Cindy!
So happy you do Donna & thank you for letting me know დ
this is much nicer than the waiting game o f the elections and Corona. thank you for these lovely pictures!
Oh to be able to fly away from it all!! Thanks much my friend & stay safe დ
They’ve got a good idea there….
Lucky birdies…..
Those birds are so elegant… We do have a flock of flamingos here in Southern Bavaria, at the Lake Chiemsee. 😉 They once escaped from a zoo near the Bavarian/Austrian border and settled at Bavarias largest lake. And they seem to do pretty good at their new homestead since some years. 🙂
Stay safe, dear Cindy!
How wonderful! I have seen Mandarin Ducks in Baden Baden. I would love to see flamingos at Lake Chiemsee დ
I promise I will go there next year in spring or summer and take pictures of the flamingos for you. 😀
Today is a very, very great and happy day. Since my childhood days The USA are the land of my dreams, but I seldom loved it as much as today. God bless America! <3
Amazing pics 😍😍
Grazie mille დ
Magnificent photos, thank you Cindy. LG Wolfgang
Thank you more for your kind appreciation & cheers დ
Such cool birds
They are დ
Love their pink and white colors together like that. The picture of them in the blue sky reflected off the water is like in a dream land.
Awww, so kind & so appreciated. Patagonia is like a dream land where the dream never ends დ
Amazing pics..I seen them in photos only
Thank you very much Athira. I hope you have a chance to meet them in person someday დ
Hope soo Cindy..Thank you !
Flamingos are such a beautiful bird. Lovely photos, Cindy!
Thank you Eugenia & I am happy you enjoyed them დ
My pleasure!
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You dug up some really nice flamingo photos from your archives, Cindy. I hope you are not too sad being under self-quarantine. Best wishes! Peter
Thank you for caring Peter. I am taking care of my twin two-year old grandsons while their parents work remotely, so there is little time to be sad! დ
They are stunningly beautiful and unique birds. I would love to see them in person. Thanks for a touch of beauty to start my day Cindy. ❤
Awww, so happy you enjoyed Brad and happy Saturday my friend დ
Thank you dear friend. 😍
Cindy, these are beautiful photos! I love their pink/redish hues!
So pleased you enjoyed them & cheers to you my friend დ
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Some beautiful older pictures of Chilean Flamingos Cindy Knoke is sending as she is keeping safe at her home in California.
Thank you for being such a kind & thoughtful friend Patricia and stay safe დ
I am Flamingo-damaged for life. One of our neighbors had these pink plastic birds in the yard, even ‘dressed them up,’ so they matched the fake palm tree every season. She moved away years ago, but still, years later, I can’t look at Flamingos.
Those pink plastic flamingos are definitely hard on the eyes. I feel your pain. დ
These are amazing shots! I’ve never been this close to a flamingo, let alone this many!!!
I am honored. Thank you so much & cheers to you დ
Amazing photos Cindy. Bird always seem to lift the spirit.
Leslie xoxo
Yes! Our spirit flies with them დ
Cindy, I’m glad to know you are safely at the Holler. Thanks for sharing these photos, they’re wonderful! I do love flamingos. I particularly like the photos with their reflections. But the close ups of those wild eyes are marvelous too! Hugs on the wing!
Hugs and thank you flying back to you my friend დ
Those birds are so beautiful, I think I could sit and stare at them all day.
So happy you enjoyed them. I think it would lower you BP and heart rate! დ
Fiction will never be stranger that nature. Astaxanthin & canthaxanthin and boiled shrimp and crabs. Turns out you can get those in pill form, the chemicals that is. Who wants to become flamingo pink?
I wonder what color it would turn us!!! 😉
I love these weirdly beautiful birds – i wish we had them in the UK!
They would look so lovely in St. James Park! დ
Such pretty birdies, Cindy! Some of the close-ups (particularly of their necks) look almost like stuffed animals.
They do don’t they!! They have those gorgeous pink feathers and graceful neck lines დ
These flamingos are beautiful!
Thank you! They are gorgeous creatures დ
The rains came last night, Cindy, watering our parched property and forests. And the election news came this morning.Tell your flamingos that it may be safe to land. 🙂 –Curt
Smiling!!! The rain and the thunder and the lightening arrived here too! The heavens were celebrating and the flamingos are sleeping!! Today is a new day! God Bless America. დ
A new day indeed, Cindy. Peggy and I grinned through both Kamala and Joe’s speeches last night with an incredible feeling of relief. Finally, a voice of reason and humanity. –Curt
YES. But now, we have 2.5 months with Trump as a rejected, enraged, unstable, possibly soon to be indicted person, still president of the USA. The prospects of this alarm me, based on my professional experience, more than anything that has happened to date, and it wasn’t like what happened before wasn’t terrible enough.
Now you are scaring me more that I am already scared, Cindy. But we share your concerns. I am going to be so glad to get this constant chaos behind us. –Curt
Yes. We are in a new place in history.
Going back isn’t an option, that’s for sure. Going forward is the big question mark.
It is. We watch and wait.
I could do with a little boredom. 🙂
I was reading up on Flamingos lately. Well, I first was looking for Flamenco and Carlos Montoya and somehow the spelling turned to yes – you guessed it Flamingos. Perhaps it was serendipity. Anyway, I did not know that flamingos are monogamous by nature, and only lay around one egg per year. And even more interesting, it takes flamingos about three years to get their pink and red feathers. I thought they were born pink!! Another amazing post, Cindy.
Thank you for teaching me some new and interesting birdie facts Rebecca. It is amazing how many species of birds are monogamous. Humans could learn a thing or three from birds couldn’t we! 😉 დ
Glad you have so much to show us as this hunkering down seems likely to go into next year. Hope sanity will prevail too and climate action.
Hopefully, come January, the US will once again be a world partner in addressing climate change, instead of the antagonist we have been for the past four years დ
Seems hopeful now for the next crucial 4 years. Such a relief but hope there will be more understanding of so many important issues now.
We have very tough days ahead and lots of healing to do. First we need to get through the next 2 1/2 months with both covid and Donald’s rage. დ
I hope goodness and decency prevail. We have just listened to an archived interview from the BBC with Joe Biden over 30 years ago when he was going to run for presidency. Well thought out ideas and strategies but such a humorous and knowledgeable man.
I hope so too my friend and love to you დ
Absolutely adorable!! Thank you Cindy 💕
Thank you more for being such a thoughtful friend Val დ
Wow. Those Argentinians have some color! Excellent.
Lots of shrimp in that water to turn the feathers bright pink! დ
Beautiful pictures!
Much appreciated & thank you! დ
They are gorgeous!
Merci beaucoup mon ami დ
Avec mon plaisir..
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So very beautiful.
Grazie mille დ
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Beautiful!
Hi Cindy, those flamingos are beautiful! I’m glad you were there to see them, and to take pictures of them 🙂
Awww, thank you and wonderful to hear from you Josh. My reader won’t let me see all the people I follow, so I’m off now to see what you’re up to…. დ
It’s great to be “talking” again too 🙂 Unfortunately I’m still living with limited internet access, so I can’t spend as much time on blogging as I used to.
I know what that is like. No worries, it is great to hear from you when you can.
Thank you! I’ll be releasing an update soon letting you all know what I’ve been up to 🙂
Looking forward to it დ
Truly gorgeous and colorful birds, Cindy! They do put on a show and certainly made me feel better! Hope you are feeling ok.
I am so glad you they make you feel better Terri. I am feeling good too. Today is a new day for our country! დ
A great way to avoid the current stress of our days, Cindy! Take care, my friend! 🙂
Visa versa 2UX2 Fabio! დ
Thanks so much, Cindy! And you are very generous! 🙂 Best to you and yours in the new week! Take care, my friend!
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I love pink colour! 🙂 Wonderfull portraits of this famous birds! I saw them last year in Curacao island…but the group of this birds was so far…no pics but still amazing experience. have a great Sunday.Kamila
Anytime you see them in the wild is a thrill, even at a distance! დ
Lovely photos Cindy.🙂
Merci beaucoup mon ami დ
Stunning photos. We have been under lockdown, once again, for over a week. However, I drove past many on my way to Port-la-Nouvelle a few days before lockdown and saw many Les Flamants Roses. xx
I would love to beam over and see them! Stay safe Lea დ
Alas, a tele-porter is the only way you could get into the EU now. I keep telling a dear friend in Sacramento to build one… 😉 xx
Yes. I have no intention of leaving the isolation of The Holler. Stay safe Lea დ
Good to hear but then I couldn’t imagine you being reckless. I venture out once a week for provisions. I walk around my village when everyone is in for their meal so I don’t run into anyone. They keep us well supplied with masks so we shall all get through this. All the best, Cindy. 💜
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A great series of flamingos. Congratulations, Cindy!!
Muchas gracias Isabel. ¡Estoy feliz de que los hayas disfrutado y te felicito! დ
Beautiful!
Thank you Sande & cheers my friend დ
Wow! Gorgeous birds and perfect photos. Thanks for making my Sunday morning so beautiful.
Thank you for making me smile my friend დ
You are welcome, Cindy! 😍
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Flamingos are such an amazing design, aren’t they? I try to imagine that particular creative conversation “pink, white and black…and O! Really long skinny legs, and…” Hey, it worked! I wasn’t watching the newsfeed, thank you Cindy 🙂!
Yes, the design is so remarkable both in terms of practicality (those long necks and shovel beaks for digging crustaceans out of the mud) and for grace and beauty! დ
Such pretty birds. I love the last photos with all the sunshine on their feathers. 🙂
Awww, thanks so much for telling me & cheers to you დ
I think flamingos are beautiful…but…their eyes are so creepy.
I love the photos of them flying. You don’t see those kind of flamingo photos very often.
I’ve only seen flying flamingos a few times in my life. Each time a major thrill დ
Another unique and beautiful creature from Mother Nature!
Unbelievably and particularly created for us to marvel at.
Great shots, Cindy!
Our Mother is the planet’s best artist! Cheers to you Resa დ
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I love Flamingos and we have many here in our part of Spain. They love the salt lakes we have here. Stay safe and well. xo
Such gorgeous photos, Cindy….I’m flying with them, they are magnificent!
I’ll meet you in the clouds my friend დ
That would be lovely! 🙂
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People around here leave a lawn full of plastic flamingos for a birthday, anniversary or some other celebration. They are such beautiful birds indeed. Enjoy the Holler! “”__””
I <3 my friends who <3 flamingos! Thank you დ
My pleasure, Cindy. Be well. “”__””
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So beautiful! Such an eye/heart feast. Thank you for sharing these, Cindy! ♥.
Thank you more for appreciating them Niki & stay well my friend დ
You’re very welcome. You too, Cindy. ^^ ♥.
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The first picture makes illusion like Claude Monet painting “Water Lilies”. Flamingos are very elegant!
Awww, thank you very much Alexander & stay well my friend დ
Hi Cindy.
What a wonderful post. Your photos are incredibly beautiful. I have seen flamingos only in zoo. 🙂 Thank you.
Have a wonderful day!
Your thoughtful kindness makes me happy I blog! Thank you & cheers too დ დ
Sensational! These are definitely something I would love to see in the wild…as of now…I’ve only seen them in captivity, and even then, they are fascinating and beautiful.
I <3 my friend who <3 flamingos. Thank you! დ დ
So stunning! They are beautiful without comparison!
So happy you think so & so kind of you! Thank you & cheers დ დ
Have you noticed how flamingos stand around together? Even my plastic flamingos stand together, LOL. 😉
Hoping you’re staying well, staying safe in the Holler.
The plastic ones are so cliquish….. 😉 We are good so far, thank you David. You and yours stay safe too my friend დ
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Thank you Diana დ
I love these birds! And your photos are amazing! ❤️
I <3 people who <3 birds! Thank you Michelle დ
These are incredible photos of these pink flamingos.
I am glad you like them & thank you! დ
I’m thankful your posts have helped me take off this year even when I couldn’t in person!
You make me happy I posted Kathy, We can travel to endless vistas in our minds დ
Wow! 😉 I love them so much, even i till now havent seen one in real, means in freedom. For me Flamingos are a sign for happiness and wellbeing. Thank you for sharing, Cindy! Best wishes, Michael
Your thoughtful comment makes my <3 smile. Thank you Michael & be well my friend დ
Thank you Cindy! Hope you have a wonderful weekend! Be well, and stay save. Michael
Super photography of a fascinating place, thank you!
Thank you James & so pleased you enjoyed დ
thanks for reposting these… I will share them in the upcoming GreenFriends newsletter!
Awwww….Wishing you health and happiness my friend დ
I’ve always wanted to get some shots of these guys! Beautiful birds and shots Cindy!
I hope you someday get some captures, so I can see them. Be well my friend დ
What spectacular flamingoes!
Thank you Pam. They are spectacular creatures დ
Fabulous pictures!
Honored you think so & thank you დ