Wednesday, January 13, 2010

ABC Wednesday - Z for Zoond


Zoond or Zund in Marathi (state language of Maharashtra of which Mumbai is the capital) means a group/flock/herd or collection. so have pictured a Zoond of flamingos relaxing in Sewri, Mumbai.
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30 comments:

  1. Great shot! That's a big lump of flamingos! Terrific!

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  2. I never heard that word. I love the free education I get1

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  3. So amazing to enlarge this and see soooo many pink birds!

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  4. Incredible. I've never seen so many flamingos in one place!

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  5. Are these wild flamingoes? Are they protected?

    Indeed a big Zoond of flamingoes.

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  6. Deepak, when ( if, I'm beginning to wonder ) I get back to Mumbai, I hope I can coax you to take me to get some pictures of these incredible flamingo!

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  7. What a treat to see them! Very well captured Sir!

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  8. That is a lot of flamingos! learn something new today, thanks to you,Deepak.

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  9. @Ann
    Yes they are all wild flamingos. They come here to feed on the algae which turns them pink.

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  10. Oh yes, a Zoond of flamingos - very impressive. Especially enlarged.

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  11. those are flamingos? that's so cool! there are so many of them!

    leethroughthelens.blogspot.com

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  12. those are flamingos? that's so cool! there are so many of them!

    leethroughthelens.blogspot.com

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  13. That is amazing! I have never seen flamingos in their natural habitat...fascinating!

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  14. waouhh c'est impressionnant a voir, belle photo

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  16. When I dubb clicked ...
    Wow!!
    So many :-)

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  17. wow they are flamingos!Your picture is wonderful, thanks for showing it!
    Léia

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  18. A beautiful shot of the flamingos! You are so lucky to have such wildlife in your city. Now you've reached 'Z', is it back to 'A' again?

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  19. That's some kind of zund! I guess they must be pretty social animals, huh? Amazing!

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  20. A new word for me! I don't think I have ever seen that many flamingos in one place before.

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  21. Those flamingos are wonderful! I have never seen so many of them in one place!

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  22. Impressive gathering, or zoond, of pink there, Magiceye. They are fascinating birds. Enjoying all your pix of the Sewri water world.

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  23. That's a good Z! I didn't know that word, but now I do. A zoond of flamingoes! Don't see many of those around here, so I shall have a zoond of starlings. ;(

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  24. That is a super Z! I had to make mine up! I just can't think of a z!

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  25. Impressive gathering, or zoond, of pink there, Magiceye. They are fascinating birds. Enjoying all your pix of the Sewri water world.

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  26. those are flamingos? that's so cool! there are so many of them!

    leethroughthelens.blogspot.com

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