Hi all,
I know that some of you are eager to hear updates on our parrot farm visit and I would have reported 'live', macham CNN, if not for a cranky laptop. Anyway, we arrived Friday 6th, free-and-easy. A few went shopping while the rest of the boys went to paint the town red.

Saturday was more exciting. After a hearty continental buffet breakfast, Mr Lee brought us to a bird store near Chatuchak weekend market. Prices of toys and accessories were very good, and we did end up lugging back kilos of macadamia nuts. I didn't need much but a few more cement perches won't hurt either :lol:

While we were already so close to the weekend market, why not pop in to 'check it out'? Heh, that's probably the understatement of the year since you'll need at least 2 days to fully cover the area and d@mn... it was hot and humid. Fortunately, there was an impromptu arrangement to visit one of the parrot breeder within Bangkok. So yyyaaaayyy... we're off to see some birds!!! After an hour's drive, we arrived at the breeder's residence and my first impression was WOW!!! It was like a walk-in sanctuary and the place is huge!!






Excuse the butt shots... I was in awe and lagging behind in the group, poking my nose into every enclosure!


ekkies!!


Catalina Macaw


Millitary Macaw


Green Wing Macaws


Blue and Gold Macaws


Larger pic here
Red Fronted Macaws


Red Fronted Macaws Larger pic here
and here



Scarlet Macaws


Towards the rear of the premises, there were a few 'small-bird rooms'. Here's one of them.



Two nestling Green Wing Macaws and a larger view here



We were fortunate to drool over the cute nestlings but also more eggs in the incubator


Mollucan Cockatoo Babies.


Mollucan Cockatoo Babies when they are a few days old.


View of incubator and brooders


Two more Mollucan Cockatoo nestlings


Our host with a young Harlequin macaw, housed in a double-door walk-in enclosure


lai lai... come closer lah...


Group pic before we hit the road


Our guide cum host cum pau-ka-liao, Mr Lee with Silvanus... and that sardine packed mini van!

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