With my own eyes: African grey hornbills in my garden!
We live on a smallholding in Boschfontein, on the southern outskirts of Rustenburg, North West. In spring last year, I noticed two African grey hornbills flying with food in their bills, between our smallholding and the neighbour’s. I had my Nikon D3100 camera and Tamron 150 – 600 mm lens at the ready, and I started taking photos once I figured out where they were going.
There’s a seringa tree near our house with a hole in the trunk about four metres above the ground – that’s where they were nesting. At first they ate all the food outside the nest and nothing was taken inside. I set up my camera on a tripod and waited with a beer and a book to see what would happen.Roberts Bird Guide
, it takes about 50 days for the eggs of a grey hornbill to hatch, and the chicks stay in the nest for another 23 days.South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed for 25 years, and we're about to enter a new chapter of fearless journalism. Join our free subscription trial to unlock this story and a world of news aimed to inform, empower, and inspire.
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