Avian drama grips Delhi’s Lodhi Garden

In Lodhi Garden, a female Oriental pied hornbill is feeding Indian grey hornbill chicks, leading to a bizarre drama of adoption and conflict. The Oriental pied hornbill is not native to Delhi, but has been spotted in the city after decades of silence. The female pied hornbill is seen regurgitating food into the nest cavity, where two beaks emerge to accept it, and then the resident male grey hornbill feeds the chicks in turn