It's time for some zoo pictures. The LA Zoo, for some reason, requires you to walk several hundred yards up a "promenade" after you get your ticket but before you get to the zoo itself. This is boring because there's very little along the way except for a few little pop-up shops.
But. There is one thing: flamingos. So today you get the entrance to the zoo and a flamingo captured along the way up the promenade. Next week we'll start in on the zoo proper.
There's a beak that's designed to operate upside down.
That bird has the look of a guy who knows just where and how to kick you in the forehead then go for the groin when you keel over. Lucky you got out of it.
Jaysus, that’s ugly
I've seen other closeup shots of flamingos, but this one does seem a bit aberrant. Haven't checked for different types of the bird, but i'm used to seeing bills that are more slender & have some black on them.
There are six species of flamingo. This one looks like a Greater Flamingo.