Overcoming the bird fear

I've never been comfortable around birds. When we were in Japan we had a few goes at feeding some birds which was the first time of battling the fear. Nick loves birds so today we planned to visit a bird park in Kuala Lumpur that has the biggest walk through aviary in the world, a great day for Nick and a bit of a test for me. We spent the morning trying to find somewhere to print out tickets we have for a theme park tomorrow and once this was sorted we arrived at the bird park. The eagle feeding was beginning when we arrived so we quickly hurried there with the plan to return to the start after. I was very uncomfortable there as clearly the birds knew that after the eagles had their food they could get some outside too. We were surrounded by so many cranes, stalks and small herons all hoping for some food. There were so many of them that it was hard to keep track of all the ones around you and their movements. I was not enjoying the experience that's for sure. We also watched a bird show where they showed the intelligence of the birds by having them solve problems and tasks. The true highlight of the day was when we visited the parrot aviary. We were looking around with the parrots close to us and someone cleaning out a cage behind us not only encouraged Nick to try and get one to walk onto his hand but he also gave us sunflower seed through the bars to feed them. I pushed myself here and firstly fed them before having one on my hand and then ended the time with one on my shoulder which I was super proud of. We spent about an hour in this enclosure feeding and interacting with all the beautiful parrots. It truly was a great experience for myself but also for Nick who was in his element. I walked back to one enclosure and as I did a cockatoo said hello to me! We had a great afternoon at the park before heading to the central mall to a burger place for tea. They have a great concept there where you build your own burger similar in the way you build a sandwich in Subway. We've decided if we win the lottery we will set up this idea in the UK as I really think it could take off. Overall we've had a very good day with lots of mini accomplishments.Lue lisää