Overview
Drive 1.5 km northwest along the south shore track to a slightly elevated bank where greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) are typically staged during April–May northward migration and again in August–September on the return south. Flocks range from a few dozen to several hundred birds, feeding in the shallow brackish shallows with their bills inverted, filtering algae and crustaceans. In some years, small numbers attempt to summer at Sorbulak, but most breed at the large Central Kazakhstan salt lakes — Tengiz, Chelkar-Teniz — and use Sorbulak as a staging point. The flamingos here are reliably seen in both migration windows and are not elusive.
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Flamingo Colony Viewpoint
Step 3 · 2 km from previous · 5 min drive
Drive 1.5 km northwest along the south shore track to a slightly elevated bank where greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) are typically staged during April–May northward migration and again in August–September on the return south. Flocks range from a few dozen to several hundred birds, feeding in the shallow brackish shallows with their bills inverted, filtering algae and crustaceans. In some years, small numbers attempt to summer at Sorbulak, but most breed at the large Central Kazakhstan salt lakes — Tengiz, Chelkar-Teniz — and use Sorbulak as a staging point. The flamingos here are reliably seen in both migration windows and are not elusive.