MA HA MU NI HNYEE BUDDHA STATUE

MA HA MUNI HNYEE BUDHA STATUE is very ancient.This Buddha Statue woven with bamboo strips made over 500 years ago.It is so light and you can lift easily.

        

CHRIST THE KING CHURCH KALAW

Open at 1928.In 1928 parish priest was rever boldprint itilian FR.He died in Italy. Rev padre dimeo angelo was born in 24.09.1907.Trivigliano (FR) Italy Ordained Priest 20.09.1930
Arrived In Myanmar 1931.
In age 93 He died 22.01.2000 in kalaw.
Christ the king church.
His Grave yard is in the church compound.
At Present Parish Priestis Rev FR Pavl Harry in Kalaw Church.
MARTIN SOLAY.

ABOUT BIRDS

We can study 300 species of birds around kalaw region.10 species of rare birds are displayed in the photo below.
Giant Nuthatch
   Like Chestnut-vented but much larger and bigger-billed, broader black head-band, pale grey crown centre, no chestnut on lower flanks or buff wash on underparts.
Giant Nuthatch
   (a) Male magna: Like Chestnut-vented but much larger and bigger-billed, broader black head-band, pale grey crown centre, no chestnut on lower flanks or buff wash on underparts.
(b) Female: Washed buff below, head-band duller.
Pin-Tailed Green Pigeon (a) Male apicauda: Mostly rather bright green, apricot flush on breast, wedge-shaped grey tail with long pointed central feathers, blue round eye to base of slender bill. (b,c) Female: All-green breast, rather shorter central tail feathers.
(d) Male Lowei: Duller green head with feathered lores, light brownish-gre wash on mantle and wing-coverts, contrasting greenish-yellow rump and uppertail-coverts, uniform green underparts. (e) Female: Differs as male
Black-Breasted Thrush (a) Male: Black hood and upper breast, dark slaty upper side, orange-rufous lower breast and flanks. (b) Female: Yellowish bill, plain brown upper side, blackish spots on throat and breast, orange-rufous flanks. (c) Juvenile: Like female but upperparts tipped darker and streaked buff. 
White-Gorgeted Flycatcher Adult Leucops: Small; mostly brown with clean white throat bordered black. Jerdon's Bushchat
(a) Male: Glossy blackish above, all-white below. (b) Female: No supercilium, longish, rather plain tail, white throat and belly centre.
Collared Myana (a,b) Adult: Like White-vented but with broad white collar on neck-side (buff-tinged in winter), white-tipped dark undertail-coverts, short crest and pale blue eyes; similar wing pattern to Jungle Myna. (c) Juvenile: Browner than adult with weaker neek-patch.

Brown-Breasted Bulbul (a) Adult xantborrbous: Like Sooty-headed but browner above, brown ear-coverts and breast, little white on tail. (b) Juvenile: Browner and less distinctly marked.
White-Headed Bulbul (a) Adult: Like white-headed subspecies of Black but body paler grey, undertail-coverts rufous-chestnut, lores black. (b) Juvenile: Browner overall, head brownish-grey.

Cool Water Lake

      One of the most interesting places in Kalaw is ''Cool Water Lake". The water of this lake has been tested scientifically in England and the results have shown that it is very rare natural spring water that could be vigorously helpful to human health and longivity. The entire water supply system is based upon this ''Cool Water Lake".
     Reservoir is surrounded by Semi Evergreen Forest, Mixed Deciduous Forest and in some places by Pine Forest. Being different forest in that region, its inhabitats are differ too. Orchids, butterflies, birds, insects, monkeys, squirrels and the rare listed plants are found. 200 rare species of butterflies, 370 rare species of birds and 500 rare species of insects and a really rare species of frog are recorede.

OTHER INTERESTING PLACES

Spectacled Barwing
(a) Adult ramsayi:
Greyish-olive upperside, buffy-rufous forehead, white eyering, blackish lores, deep buff below.
(b) Adult yunnanensis: Rufous crown, narrow throat-streaks
Dark-Backed Sibia (a) Adult radcliffei: All-blackish upperside, all-white underparts and whitish tail-tips. (b) Adult melanoleuca: Brown mantle and scapulars to uppertail-coverts. (c) Adult castanoptera: Rufous on inner greater coverts and outer webs of tertials.
Burmese Yuhina (a) Adult clarki: Like Whiskered but has greyis-brown crown and ear-coverts, grey nuchal collar, grey nuchal collar, grey base to flanks.