“On a short detour to check out Bidadari Memorial Garden today, I was pleasantly surprised to see a pair of Oriental Pied Hornbills (Anthracoceros albirostris) at the carpark.
“This could be the same pair that I saw a few weeks ago, on the roof of Calvary Baptist Church at nearby residential Sennett Estate. I took an iPhone video of them calling loudly to a nearby third hornbill, whose calls you can hear faintly in the background.
“The female of the pair today had a small feast on the red fruits from a tree growing near the perimeter fence of the carpark. The tree was identified by Wee Foong as Chinese laurel (Antidesma bunius) (see top).
Lena Chow
Singapore
7th November 2013