Counting Flamingos

Once every five years, a group of conservationists outfitted with binoculars and tally counters travel to the extreme climate of the High Andes, where they survey the wetlands of the region for the three species of flamingos that live there. The International simultaneous Flamingo Census of South America, organized by the Grupo de Conservación Flamencos Altoandinos, has taken place for the past 20 years with the goal of recording total flamingo counts throughout the Andean wetlands. Dr. Felicity Arengo,