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Singapore
by Bruce on Feb.20, 2009, under Birds, Other Mammals, Singapore
Zoos and wildlife parks are great places to see lots of interesting birds and animals. Some are even photogenic! In Singapore, check out:
The Singapore Zoo and Jurong Bird Park. You can catch a bus to the Zoo and a train and then bus to the Bird Park.
The Zoo has an excellent range of species from South-East Asia but like all zoos, there are the perennial favorites – hippos etc. Some are great for photography but often it’s a matter of timing and sheer luck to get varoius subjects in the right situations for a photo. Nice Orang-Utan exhibit!
The Bird Park has many species from the local area – SE Asia, and also from Africa and South America. There is one very large walk-through aviary with a waterfall (!) and much to see in there. If you keep records with your images, then as you photograph varoius species in the Park it’s worth writing down their names from the id signage. I did it in a half-hearted sort of way and it took me a week of searching the www to work out what the rest of them were!
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