The alkaline waters of Lake Bogoria are a favourite haunt of lesser flamingos because the blue-green algae upon which they feed grows prolifically in the lake's shallow waters. The barren shoreline is dotted with steam jets and geysers reflecting its volcanic origins.
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Geysers,hot springs and thousands of lesser flamingos are a feature of Lake Bogoria,a long,narrow alkaline lake that nestles at the foot of the Siracho Escarpment,south of Lake Baringo.
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Tens of thousands of lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) line the shores of Lake Bogoria,feeding on blue-green algae (Spirulina platensis) that grows profusely in its warm alkaline waters.
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The alkaline waters of Lake Bogoria are a favourite haunt of lesser flamingos. The barren shoreline is dotted with steam jets and geysers reflecting its volcanic origins.
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Greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus ruber) stand watch over their eggs and chicks at Lake Bogoria. Only on very rare occasions do the birds breed on this warm,alkaline lake.
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Kenya. Lesser flamingos feeding on algae among the hot springs of Lake Bogoria, an alkaline lake in the Great Rift Valley
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The alkaline waters of the seasonal Lake Logipi,situated at the northern end of the Suguta Valley,are a favourite haunt of lesser flamingos because the blue-green algae upon which they feed grows prolifically in the lake's shallow waters.
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A greater flamingo takes off from the alkaline waters of Lake Bogoria. This Rift Valley lake is a favourite haunt of both greater and lesser flamingos because the blue-green algae upon which they feed grows prolifically in the lake's shallow waters.
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Flamingoes fly over Lake Logipi
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- In the late afternoon,lesser flamingos feed on Lake Natron with Shompole volcano (situated on the border of Kenya and Tanzania) in the distance at the northern end of the lake. Lake Natron is one of the most alkaline of the Rift system yet lesser flamingos breed there each year.
- A shaft of sunlight in the late afternoon brings out the magnificent coral pink colour of Greater Flamingos feeding in shallow water surrounded by the mud flats of seasonal Lake Ndutu.
- Kenya,Kabarnet,Lake Bogoria. At sunrise,flocks of lesser flamingo feed on algae as steam rises from the numerous hot springs surrounding Lake Bogoria,an alkaline lake in Africa's Great Rift Valley
- Lesser flamingos (Phoeiniconaias minor) in flight over Lake Nakuru,an alkaline lake of the Rift Valley system where tens of thousands of them may be seen lining the shores for many months of the year.
- Kenya,Kabarnet,Lake Bogoria. Before the sun appears over the surrounding hills,flocks of lesser flamingo concentrate near the numerous hot springs at Lake Bogoria,an alkaline lake in Africa's Great Rift Valley.
- From the air,a pink band of Lesser flamingos hugs the barren shoreline of this intensely alkaline Rift Valley lake. The colour of the water is the result of green algae with high chlorophyll concentrations developing in it.
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- Kenya,Kabarnet,Lake Bogoria. In the early morning,flocks of lesser flamingo concentrate near the numerous hot springs at Lake Bogoria,an alkaline lake in Africa's Great Rift Valley.