Nature

The hornbill nesting behavior has come to a successful closure and with good fortunes two chicks were hatched with single chick observed to leave nest early, presumably with the seal-in female. One juv chick was left in the nest with daddy hornbill observed to perform express delivery services to the fledging bird in an attempt to hasten the growing up process. Food comprises of berries and lizards during the initial stage post initial hatching period. Towards the latter stage, the male was observed to bring dead chicks presumably to add more carbohydrates to the juv's diet. Just a week ago, the last chick left for a happy ending. Observations will be published in Nature (in Singapore) soon