725K views · 901 shares | When their heads are down, flamingos find safety in numbers. | National Geographic | Facebook

Have you ever watched a flock of flamingos, and wondered what they’re up to? Our Curator of Ornithology, Chuck, shared some tips about flamingo behavior that you can see in this video! 🦩When the birds have their heads held upside down in the water while pumping their feet up and down in a tight circle, they’re feeding. Flamingos have a bill that’s specially adapted for filter-feeding. Stamping their webbed feet disturbs substrate and allows the birds to filter tiny organisms out of the water fo

Andean flamingos put on quite a show in order to ensure they all mate at the same time. | National Geographic