Blodel Conservatory- birdies and plants

Finally, Geordie and I got our buts on a lovely day to the Bloedel Conservatory in Queen Elizabeth Park.  It is on Little Mountain, south of False Creek.  The conservatory is the dome thing in the background.  Where the photo was taken is a quarry type garden.

Inside the Bloedel Conservatory were a plethora of exotic, tropical and desert plants and birds.  Below is a bromeliad.  There were also pitcher plants, orchids, various palms, ferns and flowering trees and shrubs.  A good place for a variety of camera lenses.  My favorite was bird spotting.

Speaking of some of the birds we saw, this is Rosie an African Grey Parrot.  African Grays are native to the Congo and one of the most intelligent of animals among dolphins and chimps.  We were fortunate enough to hear many of her odd sounds including clicks, clucks, chirps, warbles and funny noises.  I am not a huge advocate of parrots in captivity because of their intelligence but so much of their habitat is in trouble that this is often the only recourse.