Pipit sama pipit, Enggang sama enggang

Pipit sama pipit, Enggang sama enggang

Enggang

Enggang sama enggang, pipit sama pipit, baru boleh terbang sama . Maksud: Pergaulan hanya dengan orang yang sama taraf saja.

Translates to “Hornbills fly with hornbills, sparrows fly with sparrows.” It means only people of the same class should be associated with each other.
 

Pipit Scaly-breasted Munia

Hornbill Courtship feeding - dating

A male bird offers food to his mate

Courtship feeding is a misnomer. It describes behavior when a male bird offers food to his mate, but it occurs most frequently when actual courtship is over. Most courtship feeding occurs during egg formation, laying, and incubation and can provide a valuable source of nutrients for females. 

(From the British Trust for Ornithology)

The Malaysian pied hornbill is common in my backyard. A pair of males and females fly low and make a loud call. This adaptable species feeds on figs, palm fruits, guava, papaya, rambutan, and wild fruits from nearby plantation.

The male on the left seems to feed the female with papaya flesh.

Malaysian pied hornbill. (Anthracoceros albirostris)

When a male bird offers food to his mate, it's called courtship feeding. It's a common behavior during egg formation, laying, and incubation. Why it happens Courtship: In spring, male birds may offer food to attract a female and establish a pair bond. Nutrition: The food can provide a valuable source of nutrients for the female, especially when she's incubating eggs and can't forage for herself. Promise: The male may be promising to help feed the nestlings. (From Generative AI)

Kelingking - Burung Enggang Belulang - Papan tanda Kerajaan Persekutuan

The Malaysian pied hornbill is common in my backyard. A pair of males and females fly low and make a loud call. They are an adaptable species that feed on figs, palm fruits, guava, papaya, rambutan and wild fruits from the nearby plantation.

This male landed on a signboard in front of my car park.
 

Malaysian pied hornbill.(Anthracoceros albirostris) - male -  landing

Kerajaan Persekutuan = Federal Goverment

Then it landed on the perimeter wall. This full-frame shot is from the kitchen window.

Birds at papaya tree - backyard

Banded Woodpecker

The banded woodpecker (Chrysophlegma miniaceum)

The Asian glossy starling (juvenile) (Aplonis panayensis) eating on papayas 

oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)

The Javan myna (Acridotheres javanicus)

Oriole

pictue by: Challiyil Eswaramangalath Pavithran Vipin - taken from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Papaya_and_birds.jpg 

Yellow-vented bulbul

 

Oriental pied Hornbill Flying

 

Oriental pied Hornbill Mating

Oriental pied Hornbill Mating ritual

Oriental pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris convexus)

The male picks a piece of papaya fruit

and offer it to the female, as a bribe?

the female hornbill raises her tail /dorsal feather and...

...quick copulation 

male

fly away

 

Sepasang Enggang Kelingking, A pair of Malaysian Pied Hornbill

Oriental pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris convexus)

female

male in flight

male

female in flight

 oh so itchy!

Pied Triller and other at front yard

Pied Triller (Lalage nigra)

Pied Triller (Lalage nigra) - jumping

Yellow-vented Bulbul basking in the morning light

moving separate way

Female Brown-throated Sunbird flew away from Bird of Paradise Flower.

Male Brown-throated Sunbird with a mouthful of nectar

Pied-Horn bill preening

I see you

Rama-rama - Danaus chrysippus chrysippus (Plain Tiger) -male. 

Shield Bug / Stinky Bug on False Bird of Paradise Flower (Heliconia psittacorum Nickeriensis) 

Yellow-vented Bulbul landing

Yellow-vented Bulbul singing happily

Magpie Robin forages on grass

Mohd Rozi dan kucing

Daylight moon

Forest about 1 km from my house

White-blue  checkered pattern water tank

I see my face 

 

Garden Birds - Oriental Pied Hornbill and Pink-necked Green Pigeon

Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) - pair perched on  an electric wire.
Pic with iPhone 6s, edited with Snapspeed

A flock of Pink-necked Green Pigeon (Treron vernans) resting on Pokok Petai Belalang (Leucaena leucocephala) . I count 31 birds
Pic with Sony RX100 M2, edited with Photoshop