Outing to NanTou Aviary

Five years ago the first or second time I went to HsiTou in Nantou County, Taiwan, I noticed that there was an aviary nearby. Yesterday, however, was the first time I invested to visit. For 40 NT per ticket plus 20 NT for parking it was a bargain!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another of Taiwan’s Protected (Endangered) Species:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poor Duck… What a Dorky Face!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IIn Area B stands a Crane Museum next to a large hilly area ruined during the 921 Earthquake and deemed unsafe thereafter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It didn’t feel all that safe inside the museum either.

 

 

 

From the bottom near the Crane Museum was a steep staircase (only 200 steps, but it felt like many more).  If you climb it, you get a 好漢 “Hao Han” (Heroic Person) certificate!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s the view looking up from the bottom:

 

 

 

 

 

 

And the view from the top:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of course, we got our free certificates.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’ll have to make sure my easily-jealous Ducorps Cockatoo back at home doesn’t see the pics of the new cockatoo friend I made below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She really liked Annie’s colorful watchband!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of course, I’d really like to get a 金剛鸚鵡 macaw, but (1) one costs over 100,000 NT, and (2) one or more of the birds I have now will probably outlive me. Enough is enough!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since we each have birds of our own, we were much more at ease handling the exotic birds here than most of the other tourists, but Annie still doesn’t look 100% confident below, does she?

 

And the Ugliest Bird of the Day Award goes to….

 

 

 

 

 

And finally, some pretty peacocks to wind up the day.