Little Hornbill beak pokes out of Hornbill nest, helplessly awaiting feed from the visiting male

Close‑up of a Grey Hornbill’s casque as the male regurgitates Ficus berries for the incarcerated female in a New Delhi city garden. The little hornbill’s beak pokes out of the nest, helplessly awaiting the visiting male’s meal. The male, with its distinctive eyelashes, feeds the bedraggled female by regurgitating berries from its gizzard into the cramped tree‑hollow nest. The female, sealed inside the hollow for the entire nesting period, struggles to turn and accept the food. The father Grey Hornbill brings in food stored in its gizzard or throat and regurgitates it for its young chick, which cheeps and sticks its beak out in eager anticipation of the arriving meal. Amid the bustle of a busy traffic intersection, the couple has made their residence inside a tree hollow, with the male flying back and forth while the female remains sealed inside for nearly a month.