Breakfast With The Birds

Thursday was a busy day, starting with "Breakfast with the Birds" at Rainforest Habitat which describes itself thus: The Rainforest Habitat is a wildlife park of the future and world leader in mixed immersion exhibits. It is situated on eight acres of land that has been recreated to provide a window into our natural environment.

Visitors can wander through four different and unique environments that depict over 180 species of the surrounding rainforest, wetlands, woodlands and grasslands.

This is located just off the Captain Cook Highway, essentially at the opposite end of where we were staying in Port Douglas. However, clever organising meant we had a car to drive us there, as we were planning on travelling to see the bride and groom for lunch.

About two thirds of the park is a large aviary, wherein are the more exotic birds. Outside there are emus and ducks and such other birds as care to show up, but I suspect the regular supply of food is quite enough to bring them in from all around the area.

Breakfast

Flynn "showing off" (as he is wont to do), but also showing Peter and Michelle. Not to mention some of the picnic tables, and the dead tree us as a perch for the birds which are free to fly around in here. (There is a net above the canvas roof.)

Some of the many birds which were flying around (and some walking too - one of which "bit" Flynn on his right hand - a subject of much re-enacting).

And birds were walking around on the canvas, as shown here. Presumably this was a duck.

This (I believe) is a Jabiru stork, which is the largest flying bird in the Americas, with a wingspan up to 3.5 metres and a height of 1.5m.

The same Jabiru as above. Apparently it is a young bird, and not yet quite to the flying stage, as it is seen here testing its wings.

Some other breakfast eaters - the feathered variety!

Another breakfast eater, this one a little more cautious.

Port Douglas
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