Venices growing flamingo population finds refuge in recovering wetlands
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Perhaps nothing better illustrates the flamingo’s status as a newcomer to the Venetian Lagoon than the fact that the local dialect has no word for them. But the pale pink birds — called “fenicotteri” in Italian — are now flocking to Venice in record numbers, as ecological efforts to restore damaged wetlands could help expand their habitat and possibly induce them to nest in the lagoon. Flamingos — which most famously nest in Spain and France — started up in...
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