Profile of a hornbill beauty

It has been 9 years, and more, since the Oriental Pied Hornbill, female, was sighted around the taman.  Wear and tear does show on this bird but we do hope it'll be around for a longer time yet.  Hornbills are known to live up to 40 years old in the wild, 50 in captivity.
In those early days a black hornbill was seen with this one, and I believed could have been mistaken for another oriental pied hornbill.  Unfortunately the other one has not been seen since.

My available decent shots of the Black Hornbill then were merely these, taken with a point-and-shoot, in 2010.  Ahh, if only I was more 'bird-conscious' then!!

A recollection

Reading the following post, extract of Friends of Bukit Kiara @Friends of Bukit Kiara Facebook:

"How many residents and visitors to Taman Rimba Kiara (TRK) know that the park is regularly visited by at least 2 hornbills. There used to be three of them. The Black Hornbill has not been seen for a couple of years now. However the two Oriental Pied Hornbills still visit TRK occasionally. Here is sharing images of the three birds. Another good reason to keep TRK as it is."

I am reminded of how lucky I am to live at the edge of Taman Rimba Kiara where I do get the 'spillover' from the taman, in terms of bird sightings.  I can practically consider the taman as my backyard (and here's praying that the taman will remain a taman without the present and constant threat of senseless development, so destruction).

    This Black Hornbill was seen in front of my townhouse, picture shot in 2010 when first sighted.

Although the Black Hornbill is no longer seen here, but this Oriental Pied Hornbill is still very much around. It can be sighted in the taman and surrounding area.