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LOCAL Friday 29 april 2022

Post Aruba emits its second stamp series for 2022 named ‘Flamingo’

ORANJESTAD - On April 29, 2022, Post Aru-
ba N.V. emits a stamp series named ‘Fla-
mingo.

The photographs used for this emission,
which consists of four stamps, were taken
by Mr. Gregory M. Peterson, and the First
Day Cover envelope and stamp were de-
signed by Mr. Elvis Tromp.
Flamingos filter-feed on brine shrimp and ing food intake, and using online stamp shop www.
About the flamingos: blue-green algae as well as insect larvae, scarce suitable nesting sites postaruba.com/stamp-
There are four flamingo species distributed small insects, mollusks and crustaceans more efficiently. shop
throughout the Americas (including the making them omnivores. Their bills are spe-
Caribbean), and two species native to Af- cially adapted to separate mud and silt This stamp series and First For more information on
rica, Asia, and Europe. from the food they eat, and are uniquely Day Cover envelope are the “Flamingo” stamps se-
used upside-down. The filtering of food available at all the Post Of- rie please visit the Face-
Flamingos usually stand on one leg with items is assisted by hairy structures called fice locations, namely in book page: Aruba Stamps
the other tucked beneath the body. They lamellae, which line the mandibles, and Oranjestad and San Nico- or Webpage: postaruba.
are capable flyers, and flamingos in cap- the large, rough-surfaced tongue. las, and also the Post Aruba com/philatelic/ q
tivity often require wing clipping to pre-
vent escape. Flamingos are considered very noisy birds
with their noises and vocalizations ranging
Young flamingos hatch with grayish-red from grunting or growling to nasal honk-
plumage, but adults range from light pink ing. Vocalizations play an important role
to bright red due to aqueous bacteria in parent-chick recognition, ritualized dis-
and beta-carotene obtained from their plays, and keeping large flocks together.
food supply. A well-fed, healthy flamingo is Variations in vocalizations exist in the voic-
more vibrantly colored, thus a more desir- es of different species of flamingos.
able mate; a white or pale flamingo, how-
ever, is usually unhealthy or malnourished. Flamingos are very social birds; they live in
Captive flamingos are a notable excep- colonies whose population can number
tion; they may turn a pale pink if they are in the thousands. These large colonies are
not fed carotene at levels comparable to believed to serve three purposes for the
the wild. flamingos: avoiding predators, maximiz-