“In a triumph for conservation, thousands of flamingo chicks have hatched at one of the world’s key flamingo breeding grounds—a salt lake that had nearly dried up five years ago.

Lake Tuz, once the second-largest lake in Turkiye (Turkey), faced desiccation due to high temperatures and a lack of rainfall which led to the deaths of thousands of greater flamingo hatchlings in 2021.

But after a number of initiatives to save the ‘climate change hotspot’ located in the Central Anatolia plateau, the lake is now hosting a new generation of chicks.

Drone footage from June 10th shows about 5,000 of the young birds protected by their parents, learning essential survival skills like feeding and avoiding potential threats in their natural habitat.”

From Good News Network.