Flamingos want their habitats “simply so”, and the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico ticks all of the containers, as revealed by Claudio Contreras Koob’s pleasant pictures

By Gege Li

Photographer Claudio Contreras Koob

THESE dazzling photographs showcase one of many world’s most distinctive birds: the flamingo. Taken by biologist and photographer Claudio Contreras Koob, the pictures are a range from his new pictures guide, Flamingo, which captures the lives of colonies within the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico.

An aerial view of Yucatán’s flamingos is proven within the closing photograph. The Ría Lagartos delta, situated on the northern fringe of the peninsula, and the Celestun estuary, which is a couple of hundred kilometres to the west, present wetlands which are a perfect habitat for these wading birds. Shallow waters make these estuaries wonderful for nesting and …