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James's flamingo mating ritual

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Original – It is not unusual for the entire James's Flamingo colony to participate in mating rituals at the same time. The males put on a show by vocalizing and sticking their necks and heads straight up in the air and turning their heads back and forth. The female initiates the mating by walking away from the group and the male follows.

Reason: This image shows the mating ritual of James's Flamingo, thought to be extinct until rediscovered in 1956. The ritual is described in some detail in the article. This also is one of the most popular wildlife images on Flickr.
Articles in which this image appears: James's Flamingo
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Pedros Szekely

Support as nominator --Samsara (FA • FP) 23:32, 14 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Low resolution and not particularly sharp even then, but a fantastic demonstration of behaviour which I think compensates for technical deficiencies. Funny, the caption describes a mating ritual in which the female walks away and the male follows, but which could equally describe the female being the unwilling victim of sexual harassment. Ahh, nature. :-) Ðiliff «» (Talk) 11:09, 15 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Good color and posture of the flamingos in their mating ritual adds enough interest to the photo for FP status. Cmguy777 (talk) 22:50, 16 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support Per Diliff --Fir0002 03:38, 17 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support good EV and colors, size is ok, but clarity could be better. Pine^✉ 07:15, 17 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose I think the saturation has been messed with. JJ Harrison (talk) 00:19, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- An edit could address this, unless highlights have been blown as a result... (not sure, haven't checked) Ðiliff «» (Talk) 09:01, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support Tomer T (talk) 11:03, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The quality is poor. Kinda soft. Dusty777 17:37, 21 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose per dusty. Aaadddaaammm (talk) 11:18, 23 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:James's Flamingo mating ritual.jpg --Julia\^talk 21:43, 28 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]