Hornbill's 'gimmick'

Squeals of delight will always greet the Oriental Pied Hornbill when it's sighted.  However, this star bird of the taman can be considered to be naughty from time to time, as on this occasion when I caught her trying to raid the Crested Goshawk nest (as I did before when she went for the Lineated Barbet's, ref post of 9 May 2018)

When it looked like a failed attempt, she tarried awhile by the nest before flying off.

A couple of hours later as I was leaving the taman, she was found by this palm tree, displaying quite unusual behaviour.  Picking a palm fruit, it looked like she was trying to lure another to it.  One would think that there was another hornbill around.

When none approached, it simply swallowed the fruit.

And then she started all over again, picking another fruit, showing it off as if hoping another would come along.
Up and down, left to right and back, finally she gave up and flew off with the fruit.