Farther upstream, the horizon turns pink and the boat punts towards hundreds of squawking flamingos, hopping in and out of the water as they forage for lunch or fly off to the riverbanks.
Brown, an acclaimed author and illustrator of four children's books, brings these images to life in his wacky new collection of poems and paintings, Flamingos on the Roof.
The long-legged power flamingos are popping up like spring flowers on a hillside near you.
They sat above the ground on stilts, like flamingos balanced on impossibly thin legs.
To Roberts, Lake Zakher has reliably proved something of a birdwatcher's paradise, with herons, flamingos and stilts among the rich diversity of species drawn to this rare water source.
Flamingos and pelicans feed in the deeper water, and African penguins and gannets breed on the offshore islands.
Waters was gleeful at having made a teen-message movie with a PG rating: He was, after all, the Prince of Puke, the man who'd ended Pink Flamingos with his homicidal heroine eating a fresh doggy turd.
The best time to visit is during the winter months between November and March, but small numbers of flamingos can be seen year round.
From May to March and September through November the sky is so full of migrating cranes, storks, pelicans and flamingos, it is hard for sunlight to peek through.
The beach is sheltered by sand dunes overgrown with juniper bushes, and at one point runs between the sea and a saltwater lagoon that is often home to flocks of flamingos.
Besides getting super close to seals, penguins, flamingos, sea lions and giant tortoises, one other appeal of the land-based trips is (at least for those prone to seasickness) guests sleep in hotels every night.
Some 106 miles to the southeast is a network of salt lakes that are home in spring and summer to vast flocks of pink flamingos.
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