A 'Bird'day at KL Bird Park - 1 Oct 2011

We arrived at the Tree House - Hornbill Restaurant and started to acquaint ourselves in the jungle-like environment. KL Bird Park is supposed to be the world's largest free-flight walk-in aviary and is home to over 3,000 birds of 200 bird species. It has been a long while since we visited the bird park, and our first time attending a birthday celebration there!!


You won't missed the Rhinoceros Hornbill, one of the largest hornbill species in the world......


The children were excited to start the exploration walk with the Park Ranger.


Lovebirds or Angry Birds??


Do you know that owls have to turn their heads to move their eyes? Owls can turn their heads around far enough to see directly behind them. The total range of head rotation for most owl species is an amazing 270 degrees. 

Up-close-and-personal with the colourful bird!


"World of Parrots" - a mini aviary for various species of parrots including macaws, cockatoos, lories and parakeets.


Children feeding the hungry lories with sunflower seeds and milk....


Beautiful rainbow lorikeets....


'Blu-lookalike' in the bird show. Most children could identify with the bird from the recent movie, "Rio", of a funny blue macaw who had to escape from being smuggled by a cockatoo.


A special visit from Big Bill, the hornbill to the party....


The cake cutting ceremony of the blessed 'bird'day girl....

It was a fun and colourful experience for not only the children, but the adults as well. The park exploration walk was educational, seeing so many species of colourful and lively birds living together in this semi-natural environment.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Al-Attas Garden in Janda Baik - 4 August 2012

Image
Besides being a well-known contentious writer, little do we know that Syed Hussein Alattas is also a self-taught gardener and an architect. He had built Taman Hana in Janda Baik from scratch and named after his wife.  Taman Hana sits on a 8-acre plot of land in the quiet village of Janda Baik. It boasts a collection of 1,000 species of plants including fruit trees, more than 700 big flower pots and five buildings that include the home of the Alattas family.  The good news is that it is open to visitors every day.  As we made our way past the entrance, this place appeared unkempt. It was well beyond its heyday (in 2008) but still showing off its faded beauty. Some parts were badly neglected, which was so unfortunate, because it originally was to be a quiet kampung retreat. A mix of traditional Malay, Peranakan, Indonesian and colonial British architecture and a Minangkabau styled roof. Syed Hussein had actually started building the structures in 1982 and he spent a lot of time
Read more

Spilling the Beans in Ipoh - 6 Apr 2012

Image
Ipoh's familiar specialty - Nga Choy Kai or the Taugeh (Bean Sprouts) Chicken. What else to accompany the poached chicken than the fresh, fat and crunchy Ipoh famous bean sprouts!! The bean sprouts are served blanched, with a dash of sesame oil, white pepper and soy sauce. Ipoh is a well-known food haven in Malaysia, and most will agree that Ipoh's bean sprout is the best in Malaysia. The premium-grade bean sprouts come from the Buntong New Village, which is also my husband's hometown. Growing bean sprout requires only water and more importantly, watering techniques. Madam Toon told us that there were at least 8 operators in Buntong. They were all family-owned businesses, and the three Toon brothers have been growing bean sprouts for more than 70 years.  Bean sprouts are grown from black mung beans imported from Myanmar. The beans need to be watered every 4 hours throughout the day for 5 days, no shortcut, otherwise they will be not be fat and juicy. At
Read more

A Potter Village in Sayong - 30 May 2013

Image
Pit Stop at the Perak royal town, Kuala Kangsar. The 1st rubber tree in Malaysia was planted in this town. That's about all I knew about this place. Labu Sayong or water pitcher from Sayong village, known for its health value to help migraine, lower blood pressure etc due to the special properties inherent in the local clay. Before this, we didn't know much of labu sayong.  We didn't go to the village or plan this visit. Out of curiousity, we bumped into this unassuming workshop at No. 3, Kg Setia, Enggor, run by Mohd bin Harun.  Pakcik was very open and gave us a tour of his workshop and how he makes labu sayong. His warm, friendly welcoming people made a lasting impression on all of us - a trait that we've lost in the big cities. The traditional way of making labu sayong uses hands to mould the clay into the shape of a 'labu' (gourd-like vase) but this is too slow. Now, the clay mixture is poured into standard mould blocks. It's
Read more