As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Thursday, 30 October 2014

Gay flamingo couple adopt cute baby chick after parents abandon newborn bird


Flamingo chickEdinburgh Zoo has added five Chilean Flamingos babies to its flock of 33 adults birds this year, following successful breeding for the first time since 2010.

A little flamingo chick has been taken under the wings of a gay couple after it was abandoned by its parents.
Edinburgh Zoo has added five Chilean Flamingos babies to its flock of 33 adult birds this year, following successful breeding for the first time since 2010.

But one of the chicks had a rough start when its parents knocked it out of the nest.

Luckily, a male couple stepped in and adopted the fluffy chick.

Senior bird keeper Nick Dowling said: "We weren't short of drama in the flamingo flock this year.

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