Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Marché aux Oiseaux - Place Louis Lépine



Marché aux Fleurs
(Marché aux Oiseaux)


On Sundays the Marché aux Fleurs becomes the Marché aux Oiseaux (Bird Market) 
with a chatty selection of birds, from the ordinary to the rare.   You may find hens, chickens, roosters, rabbits, fish, Guinea pigs.  


If you are looking for color, the birds will oblige your request.

 


Marché aux Fleurs
Place Louis Lépine
Île de la Cité
75004, Paris

13 comments:

Sylvia K said...

How fun!! And that's a lot of cages! Ah, you can find it all in Paris!! Hope your week is off to a great start, Genie!! Enjoy!
Hugs
Sylvia

martinealison said...

Je ne sais pas si Léo voudrait aller se promener là-bas !!... Pour y rencontrer ses amis emplumés, oui! mais pas pour les cages !...
Jolie photo.
Gros bisous

Julie said...

Premiere fois j'ai visite Marche aux fleurs dimanche, et j'etait etonnee voir Marche aux Oiseaux avec des perroquets, des canaris... C'etait tres extraordinaire pour moi :)

Alain said...

Acheter des oiseaux, c'est conforter le pillage de la faune des pays pauvres.

M said...

Stumbled into this colorful scene on our first trip to Paris ... Simply delightful and, oh, so unique!

Jeanie said...

How many times have I been to Fleurs and not Oiseaux? Next time! I do love these cages.

JoeinVegas said...

Looks like wet birds on that day.

Alexa said...

I love the bird market—and tend to romanticize it, but your graphic b/w captures the "business" aspect of this enterprise so well.

Palomasea said...

"who let the (dogs) birds out?..." heee...
Pardon my feeble attempt at clever! :)

Thank you for visiting me, sweet friend!!
Bises,
- Irina

Starman said...

I didn't see any birds in the photo, but considering the rain, maybe it's just as well.

Randy said...

That was alot of caged birds.

c'est Jeff ici said...

I live just 2 blocks from the Cité flower market yet I never tire of it. It just doesn't seem like Sunday unless I have at least stopped there for a moment. I use the bus stop at Palais du Justice and walk a bit out of my way just to go through the flower market.

Virginia said...

I think they flew the coop!
V