Great Hornbill at Corbett

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Birding was fantastic in Corbett. The morning I took this picture we were in Jhirna and we could hear the call of the Pied Hornbills. We traced them to a tree closeby. Then they started flying towards a tree near us. We counted almost 60 pied hornbills and then came the lovely 4 Great Hornbills. Looked like some big party out there.

Nikon D7000, f/5.6, SS 1/1250,ISO 800, 420mm (Nikon 300mm f4+1.4x TC). Cropped a bit.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Its great that you could sight so many hornbills at one place. Such majestic and colourful birds. Nice eye contact. Slight more space at the bottom and on the left would have been good. Thanks for sharing.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Nice image of the Male Great Pied Hornbill (Great Hornbill): Buceros bicornis. Lovely red eyes and details of bill and casque. Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Abhirup Dutta Gupta]

WONDERFUL capture of this bird.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

It is great that you saw so many pied hornbills. I love the red eye of the male. If the angle is right, one gets to see the full red of the eye. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Shyamala Kumar]

Great capture of a very elusive bird.When I visited Corbett I could only see this bird from a great distance.Thans for sharing.

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Nice. I like the angle here. It's as though the bird turned to show its beak in full sunlight. :)
A very majestic bird. Inspires awe even in people who are not birdwatchers. I haven't seen one in the Terai yet (seen them in the North east and in the Western Ghats).

[Kaustuv Chatterjee]

Superb shot...excellent light and detail