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The Burung
Bird Park is beautiful landscaped, with excellent walkways running
around rainforest type bush settings. All the aviaries are made up of
concrete render, with black heavy mesh wire, very impressive. The park
has an information centre, as well as a cafeteria, museum, and a large
souvenir shop. Although not as big as the European parks, it still had
lots to offer, was kept very clean, and it was here that I saw 6 pairs
of Palm Cockatoos in two beautifully designed aviaries, 3 pairs in
each. The working staff here were very helpful, and will answer any
questions you have to ask, they work tirelessly to keep the park in
excellent condition. Also they had free flying birds, including some
Umbrella Cockatoos and Green Winged Macaws, which looked magnificent as
they flew past. There were also large walk through aviaries that housed
many Lory & Lorikeet species including Black Capps, Red, Black,
Chattering, Perfects & Green Napes. The park hosts many Horned
Bills of all shapes, colours, & sizes, as well as many Toucan
and Soft Bill species, including the delightful Bali Mynah. They did
have some Australian bird species, but this was very limited, mainly to
Kookaburras, & Rosella’s. The out lay of the park was
designed very well, with waterfalls, and ponds through out. Although
this park has nowhere the bird species the European parks had, it was
still a wonderful park to visit. It costs around $12 Australian to
enter both the Bird & the Reptile Parks, this is a small price
to pay for such pictorial parks.
CONCLUSION:
This was a trip I will always have in my memory, the quality of birds I
seen, the people I talked to, and the places I visited have given me
more knowledge on the hobby I love. Many aviculturist dream of going
abroad and visiting the places I have now seen for myself. Visiting
parks like Walsrode, Plantaria, Burung, & the Parrot Refuge has
given me so much satisfaction, just being there amongst that special
atmosphere is breath taking. Seeing Importer, Exporters was something
totally different, Australian laws forbid such places, so traveling
overseas is the only way to see them, seeing birds like Amazon Parrots,
Macaws, & the African species in so many numbers is something
you just don’t see here in Australia. Visiting private
breeders is always a big buzz for me, but to do it in other countries
is something very special. Although I have visited these amazing bird
parks mentioned in this article, there is still two more on my calendar
I would love to visit in the near future, these being Jurong Bird Park,
Singapore, & Loro Parque, Canary Islands. When and if your
planning a trip overseas, do yourselves a huge favour and make sure to
visit the parks mentioned in this article, take it from me you will not
be disappointed, but if you cannot travel overseas then visit them via
the web at these addresses, Plantaria Bird Park, Germany, www.plantaria.de,
The Dutch Parrot Refuge (The Parrot
Inn), the Netherlands, www.papegaai.org,
Walsrode Bird Park, Germany, www.vogelpark-walsrode.de
. I don’t believe the Burung Bali Bird Park has a website to
my knowledge.
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