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Magnifique! Greater Flamingoes in Mannar Source:Thuppahis Unknown Author, Courtesy of Dushy Perera (a periodic migrant to Mannar) We had eagerly awaited this moment. It was a little after sunrise on the Thirukketheecharam Temple road and  the dawn of the Sinhala and Tamil  New Year.  We hurriedly got off our  vehicles and started walking towards the mud flats and to our unbelief they were there.  Our cameras clicked from a distance not knowing how long we would continue to see them. But they didn’t disappoint us and we moved closer and closer to them. There were nearly 200 of them. ...