Imagine a million flamingos : the greatest bird spectacle on earth

I just finished watching 'Out of Africa' and the movie brought back some lovely memories of Lake Nakuru , my last destination in kenya. After masai mara ,i was not really interested in going to nakuru,didn't sound like an exciting place at all. However, Nakuru proved to be a pleasant surprise,the weather and sceneries were stunning.If you love birds then probaly nakuru should be top on your list of must do things before you die.Imagine a million flamingos on a serene blue lake,and from a distance like a painting on a lake ,and as if the artist ran out of blue and used pink to finish the painting. Locals say there was time when the entire lake was covered by flamingoes,now that sounded like a fairy tale,that would mean easily 10 million more No wonder the famous ornithologist Roger Tory Peterson called it "the greatest bird spectacle on earth".

This scenery was used in the movie "Out of Africa". Remember the scene where Robert Redford is flying over vast flocks of Flamingo, the rumor goes that it was shot here at Nakuru.Sadly, along the past years flamingos have vanished sporadically to reappear later in a similarly weird way, but flocks are now greatly reduced.You can see literally thousands of flamingoes and pelicans and many other beautiful birds,most of them i don't even remember the names. The guide was just chattering throwing out names for each of the bird. I can't tell the difference between impala and a tommy gazelle,how can i remember the names of birds ...