Malabar Pied Hornbill

Karnataka

Nagaraja Adiga

2018

At 1820 hrs, Malabar pied hornbills are started coming SE direction one behind the other like fighter jets...!!! Counting the number was not difficult as they came one after another. Previously also similar sighting was reported with almost same number. Highest number of 134 (69,83,123 and 134 in 4 consecutive days) was sighted in Jan -2017 in morning 0645-0715 hrs.