Exotic animals at Deerland Park, Lanchang, Pahang
Visiting Deerland Park in Lanchang, Pahang not only gives the opportunity to meet deers, but to also to meet a collection of pheasants like Golden Pheasant, Vulturine Guineafowl, common pheasants, other type of birds like quails, cockatiel, Mandarin duck as well as the four-legged ones; ferret, Bengal cat, Guinea pigs, rabbits not to mention the hissing ones; couple of pythons.
I found that these two pheasants have very interesting plumage so I took them as subjects for my pen drawing.
Golden Pheasant caught my attention as it has a very beautiful intense shimmering plumage. The crest is in golden yellow and rump and bright red body. The deep orange “cape” or tippets can be spread in display, appearing as an alternating black and orange fan that covers all of the face except its bright yellow eye, with a pinpoint black pupil. According to the keeper, this pheasant is not that friendly despite it’s beautiful plumage. When it saw me aiming my camera, it came darting across the lawn and walk non-stop and made it hard for me to take the picture. Unlike Golden Pheasant, Vulturine Guineafowl has primarily bright blue body with interesting black and white streaks and dots on the back feathers. There is a band of tiny brown feathers on the back of its head and the eyes are fiercely red.
My son was in awe with the cute quails and the keeper told me that these were the meat-type not the egg-laying type. He also added that meat-type quails are bigger than egg-laying ones.
After walking around the corner of this quail area, I saw a couple of creepy crawlies! I dared not go near but my son and his dad went near and touched them! Yikes. I ran—like quail—away from the pythons and later got to meet a cockatiel.
Photo captured by my husband.
I looove this cockatiel! It has orange blush spot, so cute. I must draw this cute bird in color when time permits.
Cockatiel is an exotic bird, popular for its attractive yellow crest, bright orange patch in its cheeks and its long sleek tail. Cockatiel is usually gray colored, however, some domesticated cockatiel breeds are found in colors of yellow, peach, gray, orange and white.
And later we got to see Bengal cat sleeping. I called tsktskstsk (the sound when one calling out to cat) but it ignored, must be in deep slumber. The Bengal is actually a nocturnal loner and very shy—that explains why it was in deep slumber. The Bengal is a hybrid breed of cat, formed by the cross of a domestic feline and an Asian leopard cat (ALC). The Bengal cat has large spots, rosettes, and a light/white belly, and a body structure reminiscent of the ALC.
Next, we got to feed rabbits!
Later we got to see pretty Mandarin ducks. I love the plumage, so beautiful. This will be my next pen drawing subject too.
You see the pretty one in the middle? It’s the male one; the female ones are those two having not so attractive plumage. The male duck has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face and “whiskers”. The breast is purple with vertical white bars, and the flanks ruddy, with two orange “sails” at the back. The female is similar to female Wood Duck, with a white eye-ring and stripe running back from the eye, but is paler below, has a small white flank stripe, and a pale tip to its bill.
And the mandarin duck ends our trip around Deerland Park. We really had great time here getting to know more animals. We waved goodbye to the animals and dropped some donation to support them before we leave.
18 Comments
Syuq
Cantiknya lukisan tu…. tak tau nak cakap macam mana. Satu hari saya nak cuba lukis juga! tak sempat nak baca entri ni lagi…esok lah. Ternampak lukisan tu, saya sangat kagum tau. Selamat berbuka puasa…
Incik RestNrilekS
SAlam Alaiyka,
Lukisan yang penuh perinci. Cantik seperti biasa.
Owhhh baru tahu kucing benga tu jenis hibrid. Bella pun ada bella kucing jenis kan rasanya.
Selalu jenjalan aje rupanya Kak Emila semenjak akhir2 ni : )
Pink
Such wonderful looking birds, what a pleasure to get to sit and draw them!
muhsin.aminudin
ade binatang warna warni. memang stail 🙂
emila
Ya, warna-warna yang memeriahkan kehijauan.
emila
Indeed, Pink!
emila
Salam Alaika, Rizal. Hehehe…boring duduk rumah. Kalau cuti dan ada duit, memang suka jalan.
emila
Terima kasih, Syuq. Ni tengah lukis gajah tak siap-siap.
Nessa
The Cockatiel is cute, permanently blushing in orange… hehe.
I think I may have seen a stray Bengal cat before. Punya la cantek the fur. I wanted to get closer and take its pic but it ran away even before I had the chance to do so 🙁
Insyirah
Hurray for donating! 😀
emila
Hurray!
emila
Kan? Hehe so cute. Bengal cat ni malu2 kucing hehe
Mariuca
OMG that albino looking snake is scary, shiver me timbers…:(
Mariuca
Yassin so brave to touch it oh my! Ask him, sejuk ke the skin or what?? 🙁
Mariuca
LOL yes that cockatiel is cute n fluffy, I like! 🙂
emila
Hehe yes fluffy is the word.
emila
I tak tanya pun, too scared to tanya also…haha…
emila
I look from far only. The picture tu, Z yang snap.