這群鳥在很遠的樹上，用望遠鏡才大概看出是犀鳥。因為很遠，想放棄不看了。導遊說等等，一隻鳥開始飛，整群都會跟進的。果然如此，大家紛紛飛到近處的樹上。其中兩隻在飛行中和在樹上都觸碰著大嘴。慢慢地，就像來時一樣，他們又漸漸飛離。這是我第一次在野外看到犀鳥，比在動物園裡看精彩多了。Our safari guide D spotted those Hornbills on the tree at the far end of the clearing. So far away I had to use binoculars to acknowledge they were indeed Malabar Pied Hornbills. D told us to wait, once one bird started to move, the rest will follow. He was right. One leave the group and flew toward us, slowly others follow. Even on the move, one pair touch beaks on the fly!
They arrived on the tree closer to us, still, the pair lock their beaks. After brief stop, the group started to move again. One by one, they leave us.
I tried to check the sex of those two kissers later when I had the bird book and internet access. My guess is they were both female, but can't confirm.
Photos by Dinesh Harsha.
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They really love to kiss. I thought Kris at Sinharaja has confirmed one male and one female.
ReplyDeleteThat was Ajith, but I was not convinced.
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