JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens announced that Bacall, its female wreathed hornbill, is nesting and has invited the community to follow along through a livestream of the nest!<\/p>\n
Bacall is expected to remain inside the enclosure for several months while Humphrey, the male hornbill, delivers food through a narrow slit in the entrance. This behavior is unique to hornbills, with females sealing themselves in using a mixture of mud, fruit and droppings to create a protected space for their eggs and potential chicks.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n Zoo officials said Bacall may appear noticeably different during this time. Female hornbills naturally molt many of their feathers while nesting. The change is a normal part of the reproductive process.<\/p>\n The zoo emphasized that outcomes during nesting are unpredictable, noting that not all attempts result in successful hatching or survival. Still, each stage offers a rare opportunity to observe the species\u2019 behavior.<\/p>\n Viewers can follow the nesting activity through the zoo\u2019s live camera feed BY CLICKING HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens announced that Bacall, its female wreathed hornbill, is nesting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[344,347,28,348,99129,116,351,118,117,20475,99131,99132,349,350,346,345,99130],"class_list":{"0":"post-218195","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-action-news-jax","9":"tag-cbs47","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-fox30","12":"tag-hornbills","13":"tag-jacksonville","14":"tag-jacksonville-fl","15":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","16":"tag-jacksonville-news","17":"tag-jax-zoo","18":"tag-nest","19":"tag-nest-livestream","20":"tag-northeast-florida","21":"tag-southeast-georgia","22":"tag-wfox","23":"tag-wjax","24":"tag-wreathed-hornbills"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}