When I first heard of the Parrot Place I thought that was just a description of where we were going to visit with friends to celebrate our young friend, Layla's 7th birthday. I like it when the place name says it all.
The Parrot Place is a bird display and breeding centre in Kerikeri, about a 1.5 hour drive from here. There are approx 300 birds from all over the world. Some birds are in cages with little plaques telling the visitors all about that particular bird, others are flying free, quite tame and will sit on visitors heads or shoulders and like to be hand-fed. Staff are on hand to warn you about the birds who like to peck at ear-rings. The whole place is spotlessly clean. Little doves wandering around on the ground take care of any dropped seeds, nuts, etc.
I took a liking to this pair, who were hiding around a corner out of sight of most of the visitors. I thought they looked all "peopled" out. One reluctantly hopped onto my outstretched hand for a few seconds before returning to its mate in the corner.
This sounds like an ideal place for breeding and studying birds, especially endangered ones.
ReplyDeleteWhat a pleasant place to visit and I can imagine it would be rather noisy but ok. Parrots are nice too.
ReplyDeleteNot sure I'd feel comfortable among birds that might land on me "uninvited"... ;-)
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