Kuala Lumpur Bird Park

Every trip back to Malaysia, I mainly spend most of the break in Penang. Kuala Lumpur is not one of my favorite place as there is not much to do there. However, I still try to make a short trip there as most of the college and high school friends are there. This trip, dad brought up the Kuala Lumpur Bird Park located at Taman Tasik Perdana. I completely forgot about this place. When we were kids, we spent almost every Sunday there.

Taman Tasik Perdana, also known as the Lake Gardens, is a huge park with lots of attractions. We used to spend most of our time at the main lake feeding fishes with leftover bread or bread skins. There is also a huge playground and exercise equipments. The Lake Gardens also houses the KL Bird Park, Butterfly Park, Deer Park, National Monument, National Mosque, Planetarium, Orchid Garden, Hibiscus Garden, and the Herb and Conservatory Garden. All these are only a short walking distance from Kota Raya and Central Market, which is where most buses stop. 

This trip, we went to the Bird Park. For some reason, it is one of the park that I don't remember much. It was quite impressive as a lot of the birds are free flying and the park is very huge, giving the birds lots of places to fly around. As soon as we enter, we came across the parakeets and my first mosquito bite! Argh! 

The most common bird is the one in the picture below. They are very entertaining because they have different mohawk style hair cut. They also come closer to us than the other birds. 

Another one that I thought was very cute is the blue birds with a crown head and red eyes. 

Within the bird park, there is also a small lake with lots of flamingoes. 

By one of the river area, we saw this red flamingo. It definitely stands out! After a lot of mosquito bites, I finally got a nice photo of it! 

Of all the sections, my favorite is the World of Parrots, where you can buy a cup of honeyed milk to feed them. They are very human friendly as we saw one landed on mummy's head! 

There is also a huge lake with a waterfall at the Waterfall Aviary. 

It was here that we saw a peacock and her babies! 

Unfortunately, most of the peacocks have loss a lot of their tail feathers. We saw one opened its tail just as we were about to walk out of the bird park. 

It was definitely a fun morning!!