I'd visited Jurong Bird Park in the 80s and again in the 90s when family came to visit and each time had walked around the park and spent all day there.
This trip we paid to ride the 'wally trolley' which stops at 4 or 5 popular areas of the park and avoids lots of walking in the heat. We bypassed the various shows (birds of prey, parrots doing tricks etc) and headed for the two free-flying aviaries where I knew we'd have better sightings and get decent photos without wire/glass fences getting in the way.
The park opened in 1971 and is Asia's largest bird park with around 3,500 birds (400 species, 20% of which are threatened species). Its beautifully landscaped and despite being a Saturday, wasn't too busy this afternoon.
Our first stop was the 'Lory Loft' which is a 9-storey high enclosure with lots of these colourful characters flying around. Lories and Loriekeets are parrot family I believe ... and they're not shy!
This one took a shine to David and was keen to groom what's left of his hair - much to the amusement of other visitors who were photographing events. The Lory was very persistent, when David brushed it off a couple of times it returned and continued grooming!
Then onto the Waterfall Aviary which is billed (no pun intended) as the World's largest walk-in aviary with more than 600 free-flying birds. The waterfall for which the aviary is named is 30 metres high.
I haven't checked what all these birds are called so this will just be a selection of some of the very many photos I took - so many beautiful birds here ...
A Kookaburra - the largest member of the Kingfisher family
One of the many varieties of weaver birds
Crowned Pigeon
Bearded Barbet ... fascinating birds - quite weird looking but cute!
Need to Google this one!
This peacock was constantly displaying .... there were four or five peahens around and he fancied his chances!
The 'Pelican Cove'
and an imposter in the Pelican Cove
and a large iguana on the track as we were leaving the park
This trip we paid to ride the 'wally trolley' which stops at 4 or 5 popular areas of the park and avoids lots of walking in the heat. We bypassed the various shows (birds of prey, parrots doing tricks etc) and headed for the two free-flying aviaries where I knew we'd have better sightings and get decent photos without wire/glass fences getting in the way.
The park opened in 1971 and is Asia's largest bird park with around 3,500 birds (400 species, 20% of which are threatened species). Its beautifully landscaped and despite being a Saturday, wasn't too busy this afternoon.
Our first stop was the 'Lory Loft' which is a 9-storey high enclosure with lots of these colourful characters flying around. Lories and Loriekeets are parrot family I believe ... and they're not shy!
This one took a shine to David and was keen to groom what's left of his hair - much to the amusement of other visitors who were photographing events. The Lory was very persistent, when David brushed it off a couple of times it returned and continued grooming!
Then onto the Waterfall Aviary which is billed (no pun intended) as the World's largest walk-in aviary with more than 600 free-flying birds. The waterfall for which the aviary is named is 30 metres high.
I haven't checked what all these birds are called so this will just be a selection of some of the very many photos I took - so many beautiful birds here ...
A Kookaburra - the largest member of the Kingfisher family
One of the many varieties of weaver birds
Crowned Pigeon
Bearded Barbet ... fascinating birds - quite weird looking but cute!
Need to Google this one!
This peacock was constantly displaying .... there were four or five peahens around and he fancied his chances!
Violet backed starlings. These birds were absolutely stunning in flight with iridescent pink/violet plumage on their backs but quite ordinary looking from the front - I didn't manage to capture the beauty on camera unfortunately - the best I could do.
The 'Pelican Cove'
and an imposter in the Pelican Cove
Flamingoes
and a large iguana on the track as we were leaving the park
Fabulous place, love the little Loriekeet grooming David’s “hair” 😂. The starlings plumage is beautiful. If we ever go back to Singapore will definitely go there.
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