Ten years ago, an Amboseli flamingo was a lost flamingo. These stunning birds are common in the Great Rift Valley to the west of Amboseli, where a string of shallow alkaline lakes provide the conditions for abundant flamingo food. Those conditions didn’t exist in Amboseli until recently. In a wonderful example of how dynamic ecosystems can be, areas that were bone-dry a decade ago are now covered in water, and flamingos are now washing the landscape in vivid pink. These changes are likely the re