Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park Brings a Lesser Flamingo into the World

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Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park Brings a Lesser Flamingo into the World

There are some proud parents in the east today.

By: Rachel Gallaher | WNCT-On Your Side
Published: May 24, 2009

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There are some proud parents in the east today.
A baby lesser flamingo came into the world at Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park.
Lesser flamingos are hard to breed in captivity and so far, only two other facilities in the world have done it.
The park's general curator overcame the challenge by building a facility designed for the flamingos.
The facility has mirrors to make the lesser flamingos think they're with several other birds like them.
That illusion helps their breeding instinct.
"They’ve been kept in zoos for a longish time now, sometime for like 30 years, and no one's ever really bred them before. And we kind of worked on a system of how to do it," said Mike Lubbock, who works at the park.
The lesser flamingo is the smallest of six species of flamingo.
Park managers want to establish a successful captive breeding population for the species.

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