Billy the Hornbill

[birdmanlv]

Do you still have this bird?

[milkriverfilm]

no sorry i don't . . .

[Xebelan]

He's a lovely creature. Hard to imagine someone would just dump something so wonderful out to die. Good on you for taking care of him.

[varnonzero]

Hey a silverycheek!

I thought somebody didn't know what a hornbill was when I saw "hornbill" in texas.

I love this guys. Good thing he is friendly, last one I had would have beat me up if I ever got near him.

Pretty cool to get a free hornbill like that. I think all the zoos only have males right now, so you might have him for a while. Enjoy!

[Nattviska]

Beautiful bird. Good luck with him =)

[KcKiller101]

They used this bird for the movie Alien for it's alarm sound for the space ship when it is about to self destruct.

[WraithGod]

Oooh, seriously? That's a neat piece of trivia. =)

[newyorkny5023]

he looks like a toucan are horn bills related to toucans?

[milkriverfilm]

oh, they are somewhat related, but not all that closely. Toucans are New World birds, Hornbills are old world birds.

tg

[newyorkny5023]

what dose old world and new world

[milkriverfilm]

New World means they are found in the western hemisphere -- for toucans that means from Mexico south through South America.

Old world means th eastern hemisphere, for hornbills that means Africa and Asia.

[milkriverfilm]

Nope. He's still living here with me. I am looking for a zoo that has an unattended female!

tg

[mbourbon09]

Wow! tell us what happened to the bird. Did you found him a home?

[bijou1958]

Great post! Excellent use of YouTube!