It was all hands (& wings & necks & webbed feet) on deck for an all-inclusive flamingo flock exam this week 🦩 Our vet staff teamed up with keepers and volunteers to examine all 18 flamingos. Besides physical exams to make sure these pretty pinkies are in prime health, the flamingos got vaccines, were weighed, and then gently released back into their cool habitat, where they couldn’t wait to shake off the stinky humans! #VetTales Friday | Oakland Zoo

FLAMINGO FLOCK WALK: 70 people created a 125-yard human barricade to guide a flock of 53 Chilean flamingos to a new temporary exhibit at the Houston Zoo recently. The zoo says the flamingos will stay in their new space for two years while their original home is being updated as part of a new Birds of the World exhibit. | CBS 58

1.2M views · 36K reactions | A flamboyance of flamingos on Lake Karakol near Aktau, Kazakhstan, moving in harmony during their migration south. | CBS Sunday Morning | Facebook

57K views · 22 reactions | A drone captured a giant flock of flamingos in Kazakhstan during their migration south. | USA TODAY Video | Facebook

Our flamboyance of flamingos is growing! The Bird House welcomed nine hatchlings between June 6 and June 21, and we’re happy to share that they are all thriving under the care of their parents. Keepers have observed the chicks forming a crèche, just as they would in the wild. By 2021, our historic 1928 Bird House will transform into Experience Migration, a first-of-its-kind attraction that immerses visitors in the annual journeys of western hemisphere birds. Although the Bird House is currently