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Flamingo flock
Volcanic minerals enrich Lake Bogoria’s waters, providing an ideal environment for vast flocks of flamingos. At the height of the season there may be over a million birds around this lake. Flamingos are famous for their extraordinary courtship rituals, dancing in partnership as though in a choreographed ballet. Flamingo migration is one of the Great Rift’s most enduring mysteries, they appear and disappear unpredictably in response to fluctuating water levels.
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