Our third day in St. Remy was spent in the beautiful marshlands of the Camargue. The Camargue is at the very southern end of France where the Rhone River delta empties into the Mediterranean Sea.
In the Camargue, Flamingoes are considered trashbirds.
Some of us, when we heard that flamingoes lived in the Camargue, thought of big, bright pink birds. Here's proof that there is some pink on these comical birds.
Otters were also swimming through the marshes.
A 747 with its landing gear out.
There were lots of these beautiful red dragonflies everywhere.
We hiked to a blind to view the flamingoes more closely. When they fought, their back feathers would stand up. Cameron thought their squabbling was hilarious.
The Camargue is also known for its white horses. These horses are their own type (Camargue Horses) and, although they are farm animals, roam wild over the marshes.
Cameron and Margaret. Looks hot, doesn't it?
Before we went "home," we stopped at the Mediterranean Sea. The beach was very white and the water was a brilliant blue...
...and freezing. We couldn't believe that people were actually swimming in it!
(Posted by Shannon)
5 comments:
What a great place to bird--I really enjoyed my visit to Camargue back in 2002. Hey, Cameron lost his teeth!! Not sure if I remember them missing from previous posts??! Yahoo!
Great pictures. I haven't looked at your site lately. Are the horses white for the same reason that the flamingoes are white?
"Uncle" Geoff
That otter was so cute!! Personally, I've never been a fan of flamingos, but they take great pics. And Shannon, youlooked wonderful in those pics, haha.
Tara
love you too, Tara. :-)
Check out how beautiful all those pictures are that I'm NOT in.
SHannon, dear, those were the ones I was referering to. Haha, just kidding. But I'm sure you look wonderful even in the pics you're not in.
Tara
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