Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)

Fancy having a hornbill around your garden or park? In Kuala Terengganu, Oriental Pied Hornbills are quite common in public parks and residential areas.

I have observed a couple of OPH in KT recently which never fails to appear around a residential park between 7.15am - 7.30am for three consecutive days.

Here is the couple with the female on your left and the male bird to your right. 

Oriental Pied Hornbill - Female

Oriental Pied Hornbill - Male

I have to move cautiously in order not to spook the birds which were enjoying their morning feast with the berry like fruits (ficus). You can see some of the fruits from the above photo. 

This is an eclipse male (above) which has also joined his parents to feast on the same fruits.

Once they have feasted on the fruits for about 30 minutes, all three of them would fly away together to other areas - presumably to feast on other fruits.

If you really want to find a friendly hornbill, i supposed OPH should be the ones.