Hornbill

tjana · 13th February 2009

posting some hornbill snapshots here for your amusement. never take birdie pics as the longest my lens zooms to is 300mm, so can only take when the bird comes to visit... was taken on Fujifilm ISO800.

1) saw this huge bird perching outside my window

2) bird came to say "hello, anybody home?"

3) hornbill mugshot. it's huge!

4) one curious birdie

Newguy69 · 13th February 2009

What a sighting

teebs · 13th February 2009

Nice Pics

Daedalus Trent · 13th February 2009

wow! What a brillant capture!

Thanks for sharing!

tjana · 13th February 2009

thanks, newguy, teebs, daedalus! the hornbill was fearless. it was less than a metre away from my face in the mugshot photo. i think i got more scared of the bird than it was of me!

spot89 · 13th February 2009

Where you stay??? a pair of hornbill was recently been release from istana wonder if this is the 1?

tjana · 13th February 2009

Originally Posted by spot89

Where you stay??? a pair of hornbill was recently been release from istana wonder if this is the 1?

no, can't be the same one. these pics taken a few years ago when i was still staying in NUS student hall. which by the way was full of wildlife. a friend had an owl fly into his room...

spot89 · 13th February 2009

Originally Posted by tjana

no, can't be the same one. these pics taken a few years ago when i was still staying in NUS student hall. which by the way was full of wildlife. a friend had an owl fly into his room...

i thought this photo was taken recently.

Pearlang · 13th February 2009

Interesting pics!

tanhb · 13th February 2009

Great catch.

Look like a Great Hornbill.

spot89 · 13th February 2009

yup it a Great Hornbill

tjana · 15th February 2009

thanks Pearlang, glad you like them pics!

thanks for the ID, spot 89 and tanhb, was going to ask but you answered first!

knpan · 15th February 2009

Nice catch, which part of NUS do u mean? Near Kent Vale or science falculty etc

tjana · 15th February 2009

in the first pic, the white building at the background is PGP. pics taken at KE7 hall. but havent been there in a while, so don't know still got a lot of birds or not. last time got a family of white parrots in the tree near the road to science fac.

knpan · 17th February 2009

There are birds everywhere if u keep your eyes open actually, but sometimes something extraordinary comes out

Daedalus Trent · 19th February 2009

Originally Posted by tjana

last time got a family of white parrots in the tree near the road to science fac.

goffins?

13th February 2009	#1
tjana Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land Posts: 152	Hornbill posting some hornbill snapshots here for your amusement. never take birdie pics as the longest my lens zooms to is 300mm, so can only take when the bird comes to visit... was taken on Fujifilm ISO800. 1) saw this huge bird perching outside my window 2) bird came to say "hello, anybody home?" 3) hornbill mugshot. it's huge! 4) one curious birdie

13th February 2009	#2
Newguy69 Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Third rock from the Sun Posts: 1,773	Re: Hornbill What a sighting __________________ The place where I can spread my wings, and soar the sky at dawn - I belong

13th February 2009	#3
teebs Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,377	Re: Hornbill Nice Pics

13th February 2009	#4
Daedalus Trent Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Singapore, east-ish Posts: 2,146	Re: Hornbill wow! What a brillant capture! Thanks for sharing!

13th February 2009	#5
tjana Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land Posts: 152	Re: Hornbill thanks, newguy, teebs, daedalus! the hornbill was fearless. it was less than a metre away from my face in the mugshot photo. i think i got more scared of the bird than it was of me!

13th February 2009	#6
spot89 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Sengkang Posts: 54	Re: Hornbill Where you stay??? a pair of hornbill was recently been release from istana wonder if this is the 1?

13th February 2009	#9
Pearlang Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,318	Re: Hornbill Interesting pics!

13th February 2009	#10
tanhb Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 656	Re: Hornbill Great catch. Look like a Great Hornbill.

13th February 2009	#11
spot89 Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Sengkang Posts: 54	Re: Hornbill yup it a Great Hornbill

15th February 2009	#12
tjana Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land Posts: 152	Re: Hornbill thanks Pearlang, glad you like them pics! thanks for the ID, spot 89 and tanhb, was going to ask but you answered first!

15th February 2009	#13
knpan Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 2,653	Re: Hornbill Nice catch, which part of NUS do u mean? Near Kent Vale or science falculty etc

15th February 2009	#14
tjana Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land Posts: 152	Re: Hornbill in the first pic, the white building at the background is PGP. pics taken at KE7 hall. but havent been there in a while, so don't know still got a lot of birds or not. last time got a family of white parrots in the tree near the road to science fac.

17th February 2009	#15
knpan Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 2,653	Re: Hornbill There are birds everywhere if u keep your eyes open actually, but sometimes something extraordinary comes out