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Rainforest Aid-Hornbill Project
The activity conducted for the group by JungleWalla was called the Rainforest Aid-Hornbill Project which in short was to count the current population of the 3 species of Hornbill birds that inhabit Gunung Raya the highest mountain peak in in Langkawi with a specific focus on the Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis.
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Nesting Season Again
Most of the birds are nesting now and we are very lucky to have at least two that are nesting by the The Datai trail. One is a pair of Oriental Pied Hornbills which have chosen to nest at new cavity excavated recently by several Great Slaty Woodpeckers.
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Hornbill Conference
We found out at the raptor watch about The Hornbills Conference in Singapore on 22nd to 25th March 2009
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The Magnificent Great Hornbills
Peering through my monocular, I can see its eyes are red a sure indicator that it’s a male and on the branch above it his mate for life the female with her yellow eyes and slighter built. (having to see a bird through a binocular or monocular makes for a whole lot of difference.) For this is the only way one can tell the difference between the male and female Great Hornbill.
