Fruit eater bird.

Ostrich.

The ostrich turned its neck into U-shaped while it was walking and searching for food.

I always hear the name of this bird, but have never seen a real one until I visited the bird park.  Can you guess what is its name?  … … It is the Bird of Paradise.

Tail-opened Male Peacock.

Looking from the other sides of the peacock.

SiewPeng and Colin with a male peacock resting its tail.

Well, here I end the series of KL Bird Park and make a summary here:-

1. Visited KL Bird Park.
2. KL Bird Park - Part 2 - The Owls.
3. KL Bird Park - Part 3 - Freshwater Birds.
4. KL Bird Park - Part 4 - Freshwater Birds (Close Up).
5. KL Bird Park - Part 5 - Freshwater Birds (Video).
6. KL Bird Park - Part 6 - Colourful Birds.
7. KL Bird Park - Part 7 - Hornbills
8. KL Bird Park - Part 8 - Other Birds (this post).

It was really enjoyable to see different types of birds there.  We have learned about their names, behaviors,  how they walk, how they fly, and how they eat etc.  Highly recommended if you visit KL and you love nature stuffs.

Our next target would be the biggest bird park in the world - Jurong Bird Park, Singapore. (Double the size of KL Bird Park).

Another highlight in the bird park - the hornbills.  They have long, down-curved bill and sometimes has a casque on the upper mandible (which is the unique feature of hornbills).

Trumpeter Hornbill.

Wreathed hornbill.  I can identify it by its striped shaped casque and light blue neck.

Wreathed hornbill looks funny and cute.  Its bill is quite big and not really balanced compared to its body’s size.  I thought I can only see a big-bill bird in cartoon, but I saw a real one with my own eyes.

Asian Black Hornbill.  Hello, can you close your upper and lower bill properly?  Why is there a hole in between?

There is a type of hornbill - Rhinoceros Hornbill (Burung Enggang Badak or Burung Kenyalang in Malay).  It can be found in Sarawak.  Therefore Sarawak has a nickname - Bumi Kenyalang (which means the world of Rhinoceros Hornbill).

These are the colourful lovebirds that welcomed us when we first entered the first aviary in the bird park (zone 2) which is called Love Aviary.

Why are they called lovebirds?

The answer I got from the signboard is:-

“Lovebirds comprises of a very diverse and colourful group of parrots originated from Africa.  When kept in pairs, they will constantly groom each other and sit as close together as possible when sleeping or resting.”

A green lovebird was eating chili.  Wow…  It’s hot.

Look, there are two pairs of lovebirds.

Their food was on the branches of trees, with corns, seeds and fruit.  The lovebirds were flying around and stopped on the branches sometimes to enjoy their food.

From the signboard there are different types of lovebirds, such as Peach-faced lovebird, Blue Masked lovebird, Fischer’s lovebird and Lutino Peach-faced lovebird.  Most of them are rainbow coloured.  I saw many types of lovebirds there, but when I look at the photos that I have taken, I only have two types of lovebirds.

Another pair of big lovebirds - SiewPeng and Colin.

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we walked and walked, and we reached another zone (zone 4).  We saw the World of Parrots.

Lory that was always hungry.

These lories were waiting to be fed by visitors.  You can fold the birds’ food (seeds) on your opened hands, and a group of the colourful lories will stop on your hand and enjoy the food.

This is the most colourful parrot eating its food.  It looked sick but was not actually.

Blue and Gold Macaw.

“I am a white parrot.  Am I colourful?  I will be colourful if I have swum in the rainbow paint.” said the white parrot.

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We kept on walking and we were at Oriental Bird Aviary (zone 4),  which is just next to the World of Parrots.

We have forgotten the name of this bird, but it has fluorescent blue colored feathers.  :)

A black bird with red chest.  SiewPeng said it looks like the evil witch in cartoons.

SiewPeng and Colin at World of Parrots in KL Bird Park.  :)

Today is the Boxing Day for some countries such as Australia, New Zealand, UK, Canada etc.. Again, ColinJong.com wishes you a Merry Christmas, Happy Boxing Day, and Happy New Year.

As usual, the big white cat statue in Kuching is decorated in this festive season in our cat city.  This is the 4th time we have taken photos with this cat.    You can look at our photos with Raya Cat, Gawai Cat, and CNY Cat too.

Let me show you the picture of the decorated cat, and other Christmas decorations that can be found in Kuching this year:-

1. Outside Permata Carpark.

2.  Inside the Spring.

3.  Outside Hilton Hotel.

The year of 2009 has almost come to its end, and 2010 is coming.  Have you made your new year resolutions?  It is time to review everything that has happened and being done in 2009 and have a good plan for the coming year.

First, ColinJong.com wishes you a Merry Christmas !!!   :D

I am going to show you a long list of photos of Christmas-themed decorations which we have taken from a few shopping malls in KL weeks ago.  We like their designs, all of them are so artistic and gave us the feel of Christmas.  Most of them are the photos of SiewPeng and Colin.  :P

1.  Mid Valley

2.  Time Square

3.  Sungei Wang

4.  KLCC

Although SiewPeng and I are not Christians, when I see this type of decorations, or even listen to the Christmas music, my heart feel warmed.  The pictures of family, friends and relatives gathering together and have an enjoyable time appear in my mind.  I also recall some famous Christmas movie that I wish I can watch again such as, “Christmas Everyday”, “Home Alone” … …

I wish SiewPeng and I can travel to other countries, such as Singapore, UK, and Australia to experience the Christmas celebration of different cultures.  Each of them must be unique.

I have never been to Singapore and UK, but let me guess… …  In Singapore, I will expect to see endless of decorations in shopping malls or public area with lights and colourful shapes based on Christmas.  In Australia, there is a summer Christmas, the Santa Claus would be wearing singlet version of the red and white Christmas suit.  In UK, SiewPeng and I can see the real snowman.  Am I right?