Photos: Monitoring flamingos in Fuente de Piedra lake, Spain
August 10, 2013
Flamingos move around a pen at the Fuente de Piedra lake, 70 kilometres from Malaga, on August 10, 2013, during a tagging and control operation of flamingo chicks to monitor the evolution of the species. The lake, which is the most important breeding ground for flamingos in the Iberian Peninsula, is also a nature reserve and a haven for birds with over 170 different species recorded. Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images ( 521989403 )
Volunteers walk in the Fuente de Piedra lake, 70 kilometres from Malaga, on August 10, 2013, during a tagging and control operation of flamingo chicks to monitor the evolution of the species. The lake, which is the most important breeding ground for flamingos in the Iberian Peninsula, is also a nature reserve and a haven for birds with over 170 different species recorded. Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images ( 521988728 )
Volunteers remove a fence they used to capture flamingo chicks at the Fuente de Piedra lake, 70 kilometres from Malaga, on August 10, 2013, during a tagging and control operation of flamingo chicks to monitor the evolution of the species. The lake, which is the most important breeding ground for flamingos in the Iberian Peninsula, is also a nature reserve and a haven for birds with over 170 different species recorded. Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images ( 521989123 )
A volunteer tags a flamingo chick at the Fuente de Piedra lake, 70 kilometres from Malaga, on August 10, 2013, during a tagging and control operation of flamingo chicks to monitor the evolution of the species. The lake, which is the most important breeding ground for flamingos in the Iberian Peninsula, is also a nature reserve and a haven for birds with over 170 different species recorded. Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images ( 521989438 )
A volunteer carries a flamingo chick at the Fuente de Piedra lake, 70 kilometres from Malaga, on August 10, 2013, during a tagging and control operation of flamingo chicks to monitor the evolution of the species. The lake, which is the most important breeding ground for flamingos in the Iberian Peninsula, is also a nature reserve and a haven for birds with over 170 different species recorded. Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images ( 521989481 )
A flock of flamingo chicks flies over the Fuente de Piedra lake, 70 kilometres from Malaga, on August 10, 2013, during a tagging and control operation of flamingo chicks to monitor the evolution of the species. The lake, which is the most important breeding ground for flamingos in the Iberian Peninsula, is also a nature reserve and a haven for birds with over 170 different species recorded. Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images ( 521989299 )
Flamingos move around a pen at the Fuente de Piedra lake, 70 kilometres from Malaga, on August 10, 2013, during a tagging and control operation of flamingo chicks to monitor the evolution of the species. The lake, which is the most important breeding ground for flamingos in the Iberian Peninsula, is also a nature reserve and a haven for birds with over 170 different species recorded. Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images ( 521989409 )
A volunteer carries a flamingo chick at the Fuente de Piedra lake, 70 kilometres from Malaga, on August 10, 2013, during a tagging and control operation of flamingo chicks to monitor the evolution of the species. The lake, which is the most important breeding ground for flamingos in the Iberian Peninsula, is also a nature reserve and a haven for birds with over 170 different species recorded. Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images ( 521989518 )
Volunteers tag a flamingo chick at the Fuente de Piedra lake, 70 kilometres from Malaga, on August 10, 2013, during a tagging and control operation of flamingo chicks to monitor the evolution of the species. The lake, which is the most important breeding ground for flamingos in the Iberian Peninsula, is also a nature reserve and a haven for birds with over 170 different species recorded. Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images ( 521989446 )
A volunteer releases a flamingo chick at the Fuente de Piedra lake, 70 kilometres from Malaga, on August 10, 2013, during a tagging and control operation of flamingo chicks to monitor the evolution of the species. The lake, which is the most important breeding ground for flamingos in the Iberian Peninsula, is also a nature reserve and a haven for birds with over 170 different species recorded. Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images ( 521989508 )
A flamingo chick runs on the Fuente de Piedra lake, 70 kilometres from Malaga, on August 10, 2013, during a tagging and control operation of flamingo chicks to monitor the evolution of the species. The lake, which is the most important breeding ground for flamingos in the Iberian Peninsula, is also a nature reserve and a haven for birds with over 170 different species recorded. Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images ( 521989552 )
Volunteers walk at the Fuente de Piedra lake, 70 kilometres from Malaga, on August 10, 2013, during a tagging and control operation of flamingo chicks to monitor the evolution of the species. The lake, which is the most important breeding ground for flamingos in the Iberian Peninsula, is also a nature reserve and a haven for birds with over 170 different species recorded. Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images ( 521988724 )
A volunteer looks at the Fuente de Piedra lake, 70 kilometres from Malaga, on August 10, 2013, during a tagging and control operation of flamingo chicks to monitor the evolution of the species. The lake, which is the most important breeding ground for flamingos in the Iberian Peninsula, is also a nature reserve and a haven for birds with over 170 different species recorded. Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images ( 521988740 )
A picture taken on August 10, 2013 shows a flamingo on the Fuente de Piedra lake, 70 kilometres from Malaga, during a tagging and control operation of flamingo chicks to monitor the evolution of the species. The lake, which is the most important breeding ground for flamingos in the Iberian Peninsula, is also a nature reserve and a haven for birds with over 170 different species recorded. Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images ( 521989563 )
A flamingo flies over the Fuente de Piedra lake, 70 kilometres from Malaga, on August 10, 2013, during a tagging and control operation of flamingo chicks to monitor the evolution of the species. The lake, which is the most important breeding ground for flamingos in the Iberian Peninsula, is also a nature reserve and a haven for birds with over 170 different species recorded. Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images ( 521989308 )
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