Are you in Montenegro and have not seen the flamingos yet?
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Are you in Montenegro and have not seen the flamingos yet?
This year the flamingo can be seen with the naked eye in the phase of love, they are quite loudly taking care of their beloved. Flamingos can make noise, but visitors are not allowed, everyone should observe absolute silence and not interfere with flamingos, their romantic and love games.
Have you ever wondered why the flamingo is pink? Believe it or not, the color of the flamingo gets from the food that it eats - crawfish, shrimp. In Montenegro, an abundance of pink shrimps, which flamingo absorb into food. These travelers in Montenegro are provided with a buffet of their favorite food.
From as many flamingos in Montenegro - you can get dizzy. Flamingos live in Ulcinsky salt ponds in the territory of an abandoned salt factory. While the factory is sold at a price many times greater than the price bought, almost half of all European birds stop and arrange pastures on its territory. Ornithologists say that these salt ponds are the most important place, where there are ideal conditions for migratory birds that stop there during their long and tedious migration path.
Ulcinsky salt ponds are not a natural ecosystem, they appeared in 1913, when the drainage channel Port Milena was excavated. The first salt ponds were built in 1926-1934. The salt ponds stretch over an area of about 15 km2 and are surrounded by canals that serve as drainage and do not allow water to mix with the roundabout water from the marshes. The canals divert water to the Port Milena Canal, and then the water goes to the Adriatic Sea. At the moment, the Ulcinsky salt ponds are threatened by an ecological disaster if the promise given to the European Commission is not fulfilled, and if no funds are found in the amount of 200 thousand euros for the repair and commissioning of broken pumps. Another danger is poaching, all this despite the fact that 30 years ago Ulcinsky salt ponds were declared the first private nature park - which means protection and an absolute ban on hunting.
In Ulcinsky salt ponds, thanks to foreign investments, there is a tourist infrastructure (a museum, a souvenir shop, walking trails, observation points for bird watching), and an entry permit can only be obtained through the Center for the Protection and Study of Birds. In those days when the employees of the Center conduct monitoring, visitors are transported through the territory, binoculars are also provided free of charge and provide full information about all the birds seen there - there are great chances to see pelicans.
Source: wikipedia, kolektiv
Photo: illustration of the flamingo pinterest
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