Your message could be here. Sponsorship opportunities available now. Last spring I took a trip to Greater Inagua. Although it is the third-largest island in the Bahamas, only 985 people live there. I went to see some unusual birds that live on Greater Inagua, in particular, the largest wild flock of Caribbean Flamingos in the world.
Flamingos are funny looking birds.
Most of us have seen small flocks of them in zoos, but imagine seeing thousands of the bright pink birds wading through warm salt water looking for food or flying low with their necks stretched out in front of them and their long legs stretched out behind them. Greater Inagua is the home of the Morton Salt Company. Morton produces about one million tons of salt every year by putting sea water into huge shallow lagoons on the island and then, slowly, over the course of several years, letting the water evaporate until only the sea salt is left. The company then scoops up the salt with huge machines and piles it in what look like dunes or salt mountains where it is stored until big ships come and take it to the United States for processing. The Caribbean Flamingos love the lagoons created by the Morton Salt Company.