Friendly Communication With Birds And Plants
On Thursday kzi and I took a magical trip to the Kakegawa Kacho-en, a bird and flower park boasting several greenhouses filled with magnificent plants and birds. “Oh, like a zoo,” you think, but nay! Better than a zoo! From the website:
“We feature a variety of birds and species which belong to owls, parakeets, toucans, penguin, emu and waterfowls etc. Most of the birds (except owls) are unleased and fly free within the huge greenhouses. Do not hesitate to touch them! You can even feed them directly from your hand! Perfect satisfaction is guaranteed to all the people who truly love birds and nature.”
As someone who truly loves birds and nature, I can testify that yes, perfect satisfaction is indeed guaranteed. Is it possible for anyone to be unsatisfied after touching a penguin, feeding emus, and being accosted by an endless succession of small yellow parrots? In order to avoid a rather bland step-by-step narration in the style of family photo albums that will utterly fail at conveying my excitement and wonder for the bird park, I’ll just post a couple photos and a few words for each. The remainder of the photos will wind up as a photoset on Flickr (note: there is currently only a placeholder for the Kacho-en).