Jim and I were on a walking tour of the island of Bali in Indonesia, which is north of Australia. I heard there was a bird market and could not resist. There were birds there from all over the Indonesian islands and many I had never seen before. The exchange rate, when we were there, was 10,000 to 1 US dollar. To say things were cheap is an understatement. Chickens and pigeons were sold as food and the rest as pets. It was a crowded dirty market but surprisingly the birds looked healthy. I would imagine they were all wild caught, but the language barrier prevented me from asking questions. Besides I would never be able to take the bird back with me, I checked. 🙂
