A bird in the hand is worth...

Pency and I ventured out to Jurong Bird Park on Saturday. It was on the recommendation of MW, so I was optimistic, but Pency did not have very high expectations.

I am pleased to say we were both impressed and had a lovely afternoon.

The good stuff

So many birds - there are over 9000 birds from 6090 species. Funny shows - We saw the 'All Star Bird Show' and the 'King of the Skies' (Birds of Prey show). Both made us laugh, especially when the birds wouldn't always co-operate! Up close and personal with the vultures - I was lucky enough to be selected in the birds of prey show to feed a vulture. Pency has a few photos, I will post them when she finds her camera cable and can download them. Confusion in the collection: We found a few tamarins in the park, it seems someone was confused between primates and birds.

The not so good stuff

Although most birds were kept in huge averies with lots of flying space if they needed to, there were some birds housed in very harsh conditions and I felt sorry for them. Sam-boy and his other talking friends were particularly sad to see. Though we had a good conversation - maybe he recognised a fello Aussie! There was a lack of information about a lot of the birds. Only about half the signs told me the name of the bird and where it was from. I would have liked to learn a bit more.

We followed the birds with dinner in Chinatown. The heat makes even a short day outside leave me feeling very worn out. So home to air conditioning and bed on Saturday night!

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