A day of colourful birds
25 June 2010 A day ago, my family went to the Singapore Bird Park. Unlike any other visits, we decided to explore different parts of the park. I only remembered admiring the kingfisher exibits once, and we never did explore the Toucan and Hornbill collection; the largest collection of Toucan and Hornbill species in South East Asia. But as we were now more interested in Kingfishers, we decided to spend the day at that exhibit. So immediately after the penguin exhibit, we began our trail of the Kingfishers. The first thing I saw in common of all the Kingfishers, were their colours. The different species all had their own unique colours, but I managed to spot two similiar colours among all the Kingfishers, blue and white. Their long, stout, bright orange beaks were also very distinctive. White throated Kingfisher,(top left) Bluebreasted Kingfisher,(top right) Collared Kingfisher(bottom middle) After snapping photo's, our trail led us towards the 18 species of Hornbills and Toucans. Th...