Rare City Visitor
Malabar Pied Hornbill | Anthracoceros coronatus
ABOUT THE PHOTO
The story behind this photograph is quite unusual. For over a month at Lodhi Garden, a female Malabar Pied Hornbill was seen trying to act as a surrogate mother to Grey Hornbill chicks in the nest. The behaviour continued for weeks and even led to occasional fights between her and the chicks’ biological mother. It became a widely talked-about birding story in Delhi that summer and was observed over several weeks.
CAMERA
Nikon z8 /
Nikon NIKKOR Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S
FIELD DATA
LOCATION
Lodhi Garden, Delhi, India
CATEGORY
Lofty Flights & Perfect Perches
SETTINGS
600mm | f/6.3 | 1/1600 sec | ISO 2200
