Thursday March 5, 2009

 

 

Tuesday, February 24

Victoria Butterfly Gardens

Our Next Stop

 

This beautiful place is located near the entrance of Butchart Gardens, and since it was too early for touring there, we chose the Butterfly Gardens.

Wow!  Talk about photo opportunities.  I took so many pictures, that I will show them to you in segments.

 

 

I decided to begin with the Caribbean Flamingos.

 

 

The two resident flamingos are a brilliant scarlet pink.

 

 

They are filter feeders and find most of their food under water.

 

 

After they are finished eating, they spend a long time grooming their feathers.

 

 

They never seemed to be still.

 

 

 

 

 Caribbean Flamingos feed upon insects, worms, vegetation and algae. They mainly feed during the day and they sweep their bill upside down through shallow water picking up food as they go.

 

 

Flamingo’s pink coloring is caused by the beta carotene in their diet.

 

 

 

 

They pick up water in their beaks, then use it to groom their feathers.

 

 

 

 

It was amazing to watch them use their long necks during this process.

 

 

 

 

 Flamingo comes from the latin word for flame.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I could have watched them for hours.