![]() ![]() The real egg is put back under the parents just prior to hatching. Initially, any eggs are pulled by the keepers and artificially incubated, while the flamingo parents look after a dummy egg. In 2018, our keepers could see the parents were exhibiting new behaviours – including incubating their eggs at night, and then the decision was made to let the flock rear their chicks. Since then, the flock has grown! The first chick born in 2014, was incubated and hand-raised by the keepers, until they were ready to join the wider flock. Our flamboyance (flock or group) of flamingoes arrived in 2001 from Slimbridge Zoo, England, where they had been hand raised. Broom-like plates trap and filter out tiny organisms such as shrimp and planktonic algae. Their huge tongue sucks in water from the front and pushes it out the sides of their bill. Inside their bill, it works a little like a sieve. They then hold their bill upside down in the water and swish their head from side to side. The long legs and partially webbed feet of a flamingo makes feed times particularly lively – these legs are perfectly adapted to wade into water, whilst stamping their feet on the muddy bottom, mixing up the food particles. It is found naturally in a variety of plants and animals including algae and shrimps. Their colouration comes from carotenoid pigments found in food. Upon hatching, you would be forgiven in thinking the eggs have been swapped out, as the chicks are born grey! It can take up to a couple of years for them to become pink – how you ask? It is all in their diet. It can take a pair up to 6 weeks to build (still quicker than your average house build)! In the nest, the female will lay a single white egg which the parents take turns incubating. Call 30 or visit build a nest on the ground out of mud, small stones and feathers. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for children 3-12, free for children 2 and younger and members. daily at 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables. Self-guided audio tours are available for selected areas. Call 30 or visit Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden: This 83-acre garden offers free tours on the hour from 10 a.m. The “Arts in the Garden” program includes horticultural lectures and demonstrations, flower arranging workshops, music concerts and other events. ![]() A daily tour from 11 a.m.-noon showcases the garden’s orchid and bromeliad collections, Florida native plants, palms and flowering trees, the Japanese garden, butterfly garden and herb garden. Located at 2000 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach. Call 95 or visit Miami Beach Botanical Garden: The garden is free and open to the public 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is $12 for adults and $6 children ages 4-11 includes gardens and animal exhibits. Guided tours are free with admission subject to availability of volunteer guides. Closed Mondays for the summer through Sept. Call 30.įlamingo Gardens and Wildlife Sanctuary: Guided walking tours are offered in the 60-acre botanical garden at 10:45 a.m. Sunday at Motes Orchids, 25000 SW 162nd Ave., Homestead. Saturday and “Growing Dendrobiums” at 11 a.m. Homestead orchid classes: Orchid expert Martin Motes will teach a “Growing Cattleyas” class at 11 a.m. Fee per class is $25 for members, $35 for nonmembers. Saturday at the International Orchid Center, American Orchid Society headquarters, 16700 AOS Lane, west of Delray Beach. For reservations, call 56.ĪOS orchid classes: “Orchid Species A to Z” 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Museum members receive a 50 percent discount. Cost is $10, free to children and teens 18 and younger. Tours begin at the museum, 322 NE Second Ave., Pineapple Grove, Delray Beach. ![]() Tours are conducted by the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History of Delray Beach. Historic Delray Beach trolley tours: Take a narrated tour through historic areas of Delray Beach 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Not recommended for children younger than 12. Tickets are $7 per person plus $7 per car valet fee with reservations required. Historic hotel tour: Boca Raton Resort & Club 11/2-hour tour with a historical and contemporary narrative by a member of the Boca Raton Historical Society at 2 p.m. Learn how different light sources affect our perception of color, texture and space and how it creates beauty and drama Free reservations requested. Saturday at Robb & Stucky, Mizner Park, 200 Plaza Real, Boca Raton. Home-lighting seminar: Lee Freeman, lighting designer, will demonstrate lighting options during “Beautiful Lighting for Beautiful Homes” 2 p.m. ![]()
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