A walk in the KL Bird Park

Saturday 3 April 2010

Got up early to watch Anja teach some young girls to jump at Bukit Kiara. Enquired about the riding packages and it would cost bout less than a K for a package of 10 lessons. Hmmm contemplating... lessons would come in handy when I get my own pegasus huh?

We initially wanted to ride the Hop On Hop Off bus but was feeling lazy.. so decided to head to Lake Gardens instead and check out the... KL Bird Park! hahha haven't been there like since it opened in 1991! They were marketing it as the largest walk-in aviary in the world! Trust Malaysia to have the biggest, longest, widest, fattest, etc :P

Anyways, tix was RM15 for Malaysians and RM42 for non. Sheesh. What a price difference. Managed to sneak Jerry in for the Malaysian price hehe.

Birds at the park

The park's pretty cool. Quite a big one divided in to zones, among them the Flightless Birds, Oriental Birds, Hornbills, Flamingo Pond.. and can't remember the rest. Most of the birds are free to fly except for the predators which were enclosed in smaller cages. Weird. The small birds get huge flying spaces and the larger birds, cramped style. Guess they'll be eating all the birds if they were set free.

The park

Walked in on some storks performing some weird ritual

There's this Lory (Buring Nuri) feeding area where the birds will just flock to you to eat sunflower seeds. Greedy little buggers they are. Jerry said the red birds' feet were warmer than the green ones. Enjoyed the session very much.

Feeding the Nuris

We managed to catch the Bird Show where they had macaws and an eagle performing tricks for us such as counting, flying through hoops and riding bikes. Wonder if they enjoy performing tricks for humans like how dogs enjoy pleasing their masters? The trainer said it takes 6 months to teach a macaw one trick. sheesh. that's a lot of time. Thank god dogs are smarter.. but I thought birds were smart? Bird brains..

The bird show

The eagles were fed dead chicks and fish which were thrown into the air for the eagles to catch. We saw them gruesomely disemboweling the chick. Very graphic wei.. looked so pitiful coz can see its head and little feet.. Here's what was left of the chick.

Eagle kill

Park's quite a good place to go if you haven't been there in a while. Hey, a healthy day out is always good.