MUMBAI -- "People are crazy about flamingos here," says chemistry student and part-time tour guide Ujwal Vhadkai, binoculars gently swinging from her neck, as a flock of lesser flamingos flies in front of the tourist boat she is standing in.
120,000 birds drawn to Thane Creek as slum waste fuels their food

Lesser flamingos gather on Mumbai's Thane Creek, Asia's largest creek. (Photo by Matjaz Tancic)
MUMBAI -- "People are crazy about flamingos here," says chemistry student and part-time tour guide Ujwal Vhadkai, binoculars gently swinging from her neck, as a flock of lesser flamingos flies in front of the tourist boat she is standing in.