Online Resources

We recommend these Web sites for those interested in the subjects shown on the program. All links are valid as of December 31, 1997.

Kenya: National Parks and Reserves
www.safariweb.com/kws/central.htm
Information on the national parks from the Kenya Wildlife Service.

Research Notes
www.africanwildlife.org/General/indexart/021.html
Information on the Lesser Flamingoes of Eastern Africa's soda lakes.

Heart of Africa
www.sandiegozoo.org/heartofafrica/
The San Diego Zoo's informative journey through the heart of Africa.

Fort Worth Zoo -- Flamingos
www.rwnet.com/FWZoo/frames/flam.html
Flamingo information from the Fort Worth Zoo.

Hannover Zoo Animals -- Flamingo
www2.zoo-hannover.de/zoo/animals/flamingo.html
The pink flamingo section of the Animal Encyclopedia of a zoo in Hannover, Germany.

Planet Flamingo
www.planetpets.simplenet.com/plntflmg.htm
A page of flamingo lore.

GORP -- Central Kenya -- The Rift Valley Lakes
www.gorp.com/gorp/location/africa/kenya/ke_riftv.htm
Travel tips and links from the Great Outdoor Recreation Pages.

The Earth Times/Environment: Flamingoes Leaving Kenya
www.earthtimes.org/jul/environmentflamingoesjul14_97.htm
A news article from the EARTH TIMES on flamingoes' exodus from Kenya.

Flamingos Flee Lake Nakuru
www.safariweb.com/safarimate/flamingo.htm
News story on the contamination of Africa's Lake Nakuru and the effect on local flamingoes.

WWF-UK News: Nakuru Revisited
www.wwf-uk.org/news/news11.htm
News article from the World Wide Fund for Nature on the flamingoes of Lake Nakuru.

Lake Turkana
sbwm.erols.com/pmnet/jambo/location/lturkana.htm
Some basic facts about Lake Turkana for interested visitors.

Volcano World
volcano.und.nodak.edu/
Volcanoes, live and extinct. Includes satellite images of the Southern Kenya Rift Valley and the Gelai caldera.

KenyaWeb - National Parks and Reserves - South Turkana
www.kenyaweb.holowww.com/tourism/parks/sturkana/sturkana.html
Facts and figures about the South Turkana Nature Reserve in the Great Rift Valley.

Lake Nakuru
www.biwa.or.jp/ilec/database/afr/afr-07.html
Detailed information on the Lake Nakuru region in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya.

Gould, Stephen Jay. THE FLAMINGO'S SMILE. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1985.

Kairu, Jim K. "Heavy Metal Residues in Birds of Lake Nakuru, Kenya." AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY. 34 (4) 1996, 397-400.

Kear, Janet and Nicole Duplaix-Hall, eds. FLAMINGOS. Hertfordshire, England: T. & A.D Poyser Limited, 1975.

Line, Les. "Dangerous Decline Reported in South American Flamingos." THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 6, 1997.

Simmons, Robert E. "Population Declines, Viable Breeding Areas and Management Options for Flamingos in Southern Africa." CONSERVATION BIOLOGY. 10 (2) 504-514 1996.

Smith, Anthony. THE GREAT RIFT: AFRICA'S CHANGING VALLEY. New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 1989.