Walking The Bird

Perhaps the pet that makes the most significant sonic contribution to city life is the song bird. They can be heard early in the morning emanating from the grouped towers of flats when people wake and remove the cage covers. (In fact, the flat balconies look a little like cages themselves). For bird cacophony, the place to be is the morning bird market where an assortment of foods, cages and song birds can be purchased.

My favourite encounter of the feathered kind so far though has to be at Pi Pa Shan Park. It appears that is more common to take your pet songbird from the home for some exercise rather than, say, the dog, and on this occasion it is vocal exercise. Their owners find a comfortable spot and, with the aid of a long pole, hang the caged bird from a branch of a tree and then sit close by and listen to their prized possession.