The Bird-god took leave today and decided to pay his subjects at the Jurong Bird Park a visit. (It is a free visit because I got a complimentary pass from a friend. If you had to ask how I got it, I’ll tell you that’s because I am Nelson – aka Niao Shen [鳥神], the Bird-god.)

After a long wait at Boon Lay Interchange for about 15 minutes at around 1pm, the bus 194 finally arrived. (Bus 194 is a one stop bus – i.e. it stops at the Bird Park only and the trip to the Bird Park is about 5 minutes. You can take 251 there also but make sure you don’t take 251 back from the same stop or you will have fun touring parts of Tuas!)

Anyway, according to the brochure that was given to me when I entered the Bird Park, there are 9000 birds in the park, and some of them are even born and breed in the park itself.

I would say they have done a pretty good job trying to make the place attractive to tourists. It is obvious a lot of effort has been put in the Waterfall Aviary, Lory Loft, Swan Lake, Pelican Cove and the Flamingo Lake. There’s also the Panorail to take you from point to point if you do not want to walk in the hot sun.

Unfortunately, it rained a little today so there wasn’t much to see at the Waterfall Aviary. However, it was great it rained or else I would probably have fried. Still, I managed to take some photos with my Panasonic FZ-8 when the weather was clear.