A Little Tropical? How about Flamingos?

Boy, it has been some time since I posted here!  But, I just don't want to close down my blog. It has sent a lot of people to me regarding my photography, for which I am thrilled.  I have gotten to sell some of my prints or donate them to organizations with little money, but who do great things regarding nature.

For that reason, I just can't close it down.

So, forgive me for not posting regularly like so many other devoted bloggers. I am just too busy with doing photography and being on many, many community boards. 

So much for retirement in a rocking chair wondering what to do with one's time, right? 

This winter has been very brutal in the Upper Peninsula (U.P.) of Michigan.

Beyond brutal!

To keep our sanity, we took two trips to the tropics. In January, we went to Ixtapa, Mexico and in February we went to the island of Cozumel in Mexico.  To be honest, the best photos I took were a bunch of sunsets in Ixtapa, which I hope to post here another time.

But our last trip to Cozumel was at the Iberostar Resort and on their property were a bunch of awesome flamingos and iquanas.

The property was lush and green and warm and looked like a tropical park and it was wonderful to get out of the frozen tundra and just enjoy the sun, beach and tropical green along with being able to see these awesome creatures.

So, for this post, I am going to share some of the Flamingos we saw. Hopefully I can post some of the iguana soon on another post, and then get to those gorgeous Ixtapa sunsets!

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Who doesn't like some Flamingos???

Flamingo party!:



Flamingos under the bridge:

 

 

 

 

What do you think the flamingo on the right is saying to the fluffed up flamingo?:



Looking for supper:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skimming his nose on the water, looking for more to eat: 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flexibility!!:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Splish, splash:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let's shake it off!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fluffy flamingo feathers!: (I am deeply smitten)

 

 

They are the most majestic, gorgeous birds on this planet. I could have spent my entire vacation just sitting beside that pond and watching them......