A Feast of Figs, India-Style

One morning en route to Kaziranga, when the fog was thick, we stopped at a local restaurant for hot tea to accompany our packed breakfasts. Towering over the restaurant was a giant fig tree, laden with fruit and birds.

Great Hornbills reached delicately with their giant bills to pluck the little figs.

A Great Hornbill, replete with figs

Several barbets, mynas and bulbuls also feasted on the figs.

Blue-throated Barbets joined the feast

Common Hill Myna

Golden-fronted Leafbird

Alexandrine Parakeet feasting on a different berry.