After an exhausting hike up the Vermont Trail, I was still keen to see the St Vincent Parrot close up as they are really stunning birds.  I knew that the St Vincent Botanical Gardens has a Vincie Breeding Facility so headed there hoping to see them up close and personal.

The gardens themselves are lush and beautiful.

The aviaries for the breeding facility are in the rear of the garden.

Here you can get fairly close to the parrots, especially if they like you and come to the cage wire.  Getting photos is a lot harder as there is a barrier preventing you from going right up to the wire (they don’t want people to touch the birds).  While I did SEE the birds very well, I had trouble getting past the wire to get a photo.

This was the best I could do and it doesn’t come close to doing this amazing bird justice.

This shows the set up of the aviaries, see the barrier that keeps you away from the wire.