By wmiller (BonaireTalker - Post #14) on Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 6:14 pm: |
Hi,
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By Carole B. (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6400) on Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 9:16 pm: |
Hi, Wendy....not positive but I know some of them do come and go in the early evening/late afternoon and return in the early, early morning. We have seen them fly by on the road past the salt mounds towards the lighthouse at times. Lovely to see from the ground....the black underneath their wings really stand out that way. Carole
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By wmiller (BonaireTalker - Post #15) on Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 9:29 pm: |
Hi Carol,
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By Brian Back in March (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #3533) on Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 1:59 pm: |
I think they overnight in Venezuela and fly back in the early morning, as Carol says we have seen them flying back in the early morning 7:00 to 8:00 am - ish.
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By Jan Klos - ( Hamlet Bonaire #10) (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #600) on Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 3:37 pm: |
I have also seen them fly in over Pink Beach late in the afternoon.
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By Mickey McCarthy (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #512) on Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 3:53 pm: |
Well
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By Carole B. (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6407) on Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 5:44 pm: |
Mine, too, Mickey! LOL...I think they "know" when to fly and cameras are tucked away. LOL.
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By Cheryl aka snorkelady is going back! (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #377) on Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 6:16 pm: |
Hi Wendy, 2 years ago we were at the slave huts at day break and saw ~ 50 take flight from the salt ponds and head south over the sea. I promised myself that the next time I go to see them, I'll make sure to brace my camera as the winds were very strong and even though my camera was on a tripod the images were very blurry. It was a sight to behold and not to be missed. I hope you'll get to see them.
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By Roger Burnham - Blennylips Bonaire (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #150) on Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 6:59 pm: |
Hi Carole, twas I who took that shot. It somehow did not make it from our old web site to the new one, but does appear in this video:
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By Carole B. (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6409) on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 12:02 am: |
Oh, Roger, I'm so glad you spotted your shot!! It is just beautiful and I also very concerned about posting it here without knowing who the artist was and without their permission/consent.
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By michael gaynor (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2875) on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 10:01 am: |
I thought we had debunked this myth years ago, but it is not true that they fly daily to Ven. Yes, a few will make the trip and spend a few days feeding then return, but there are not gaggles, flocks, hoards, etc. of birds going back and forth on a daily basis to visit Sr. Chavez. It is just a bit of misinformation that has been perpetuated out of proportion like the statement that flaminogoes out number residents, another myth.
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By Carole B. (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6414) on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 6:58 pm: |
You mean to tell me there are NOT more flamingos than humans on Bonaire? Oh my! LOL.
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By Roger Burnham - Blennylips Bonaire (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #151) on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 8:21 pm: |
Okay Michael, you've let yourself in for some gentle tweaking but it is not true that they fly daily to Ven.[sic] to visit Sr. Chavez
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By Carole B. (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #6416) on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 8:37 pm: |
Funny stuff, Rog! cb
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By Glen Reem (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2678) on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 10:46 pm: |
OK, how about references for the flights to/from Venezuela?
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By Roger Burnham - Blennylips Bonaire (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #152) on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 9:56 am: |
<google-fu> Contrary to popular belief, they are not all flying off to Venezuela, although some undoubtedly will reach the South American coast. At the Los Olivitos saltworks, 6-8% of the total flamingo population in Venezuela and Bonaire may feed there on any given day. After about three months, the chick will be able make the 90 kilometer flight to Venezuela, a trip the flamingoes make when food on Bonaire becomes scarce. They fly between Bonaire and Venezuela where the most feeding grounds are. Bonaire has the largest natural flamingo sanctuary in the Western Hemisphere. There are 7,000 of them at any one time on Bonaire and a number of them come, every day, from the Venezuelan mainland some 100 kilometers away in order to breed and tend to their young
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By wmiller (BonaireTalker - Post #16) on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 11:11 am: |
Wow, I didn't mean to stir such a debate!! I just threw in Venezuela because I had heard that. But more importantly I thought I would go see them leave since I am arriving so early if it were true.
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By Glen Reem (Supreme BonaireTalker - Post #2679) on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 2:29 pm: |
That's ok, Wendy. You stimulated at least Roger and me to some action! Really a small debate and all to the good.
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