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Flamingos at the Sacramento Zoo in Sacramento on Thursday, February 14, 2013. The flamingo roundup happens once a year when all of the flamingos (about 40 of them) receive their annual physical. Because they cannot be put to sleep and brought to the veterinary hospital, and they are so skittish, it is a carefully orchestrated process very different from other animal exams. They are first corralled together in the lake and then keepers bring them one by one to the vets., who have stations setup next to the lake. -
Sacramento Zoo General Curator Harrison Edell oversees the roundup of dozens of flamingos during the flamingo roundup at the Sacramento Zoo in Sacramento early in the morning on Thursday. -
Primary Bird Keeper Maureen Cleary puts up shade cloth used to corral flamingos during the flamingo roundup at the Sacramento Zoo in Sacramento on Thursday. -
Primary Carnivore Keeper Amanda Mayberry carries a flamingo named "June" during the flamingo roundup at the Sacramento Zoo in Sacramento on Thursday. June is one of only two flamingos at the zoo that has a proper name. -
Dozens of flamingos are corralled into a temporary enclosure during the flamingo roundup at the Sacramento Zoo in Sacramento on Thursday. -
UC Davis Veteranary Ophthalmologist Steve Hollingsworth examines the eyes of a flamingo during the flamingo roundup at the Sacramento Zoo in Sacramento on Thursday. -
Primary Bird Keeper Maureen Cleary wrangles a flamingo from a temporary enclosure during the flamingo roundup at the Sacramento Zoo in Sacramento on Thursday. -
UC Davis Veterinary Resident Miranda Sadar, left, and veterinary student Alicia Bruce examine a flamingo during the flamingo roundup at the Sacramento Zoo in Sacramento on Thursday. -
A UC Davis veterinarian photographs a flamingo as part of a routine medical exam during the flamingo roundup at the Sacramento Zoo in Sacramento on Thursday. -
Zoo Keeper Summer Copeland prepares to release a flamingo after it underwent a routine physical exam during the flamingo roundup at the Sacramento Zoo in Sacramento on Thursday. -
A zoo keeper prepares to release a flamingo back into the lake during the flamingo roundup at the Sacramento Zoo in Sacramento on Thursday. -
UC Davis veterinary ophthalmologist Steve Hollingsworth, center, inspects a flamingo's eyes for possible abnormalities during the flamingo roundup at the Sacramento Zoo in Sacramento on Thursday. -
Plastic flamingos fill a garden area near where zoo workers and veterinarians care for real flamingos during the flamingo roundup at the Sacramento Zoo in Sacramento on Thursday. -
A zoo worker gently restrains a flamingo's legs while veterinarians perform a physical exam during the flamingo roundup at the Sacramento Zoo in Sacramento on Thursday. -
Primary Carnivore Keeper Amanda Mayberry with a flamingo during the flamingo roundup at the Sacramento Zoo in Sacramento on Thursday. -
Sacramento Zoo Education Specialist Chris Llewellyn cares for a flamingo during the flamingo roundup at the Sacramento Zoo in Sacramento on Thursday. -
Dozens of flamingos gather in a temporary enclosure during the flamingo roundup at the Sacramento Zoo in Sacramento on Thursday.
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