Close Encounter of the Flamingo Kind

I was pecked over by a flamingo today!!! The Zoo redid their bird exhibit this year. When they did this, they relocated the flamingos to a really nice location and you can now actually see them. As I leaned on the waist high wood fencing to watch them, they got all in a tisy!!!! I'm shooting all of the wing flapping and head bobbing going on...but they calm down and now they're all curious and rather bold, I might add. And many of them begin coming in my direction and getting quite close....which is fine with me as I'm just shooting away. I'm looking through the camera and I hear this big "HONK!" in my ear!!! Yup, one's right close by me! Eventually, as I'm grinning from ear to ear and laughing my head off, a few brave ones keep getting closer. By now some family has grouped around me too. One decides he has to check me out. So he begins with a taste of the camera, then my sleeve, then the flash, then back to the jacket and now up toward my shoulder (now I'm watching him because the ears and eyes are off limits no matter what!), back down to my sleeves and around my jacket....I mean, this goes on for several minutes. Sadly, not one of the group offered to take the camera and take a photo for me of this encounter and when I asked, they walked away. But by then, Mr. Flamingo is done with his inspection. Still lots of honking and head bobbing going on to let me know that I've got them all in a whirl by just being there. But man! was THAT fun!!!!!!!

Location: Indianapolis Zoo
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