New bird for USM

This is a new record for Universiti Sains Malaysia. Thanks to Choo Eng for pointing it out to me.
Rusty breasted Cuckoo
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Thanks a lot! C&C are welcome.

Great, getting more to urban area...

a very nice capture. good color too...

Im still looking forward to see this guy, uncommon to my campus, but so far only hear their territorial calls, I havent get to see this fella yet....... only its close cousin Plaintive Cuckoo

Congrats!

while me & yee recording the RBKF nesting one of this bird came to us one day. a beauty but didn't get any keeper. sigh!

JKC wrote:Congrats!

while me & yee recording the RBKF nesting one of this bird came to us one day. a beauty but didn't get any keeper. sigh!

Ya, this one I remember, I tot you got the shot???

yes but just record shots. haha

So how may bird see in USM now ?

nice shot.

JKC wrote:yes but just record shots. haha

Don't worry Jeff, I got nice shot.....hahaha.....

Thanks a lot guys. So now USM has about 84 species. The photo guide book is done but no one wanna print...

mamuin wrote:Thanks a lot guys. So now USM has about 84 species. The photo guide book is done but no one wanna print...

You print yourself la, and give me a complementary copy la.....

UTAR had 117 now (still counting), but barely had much photos of much of them, was hoping to slowly collect them and maybe we will print one as well in the future.........

Thanks Tou. I guess u have better habitat in UTAR. Thinking of printing it myself but need to save lots of money for that... huhuhu..

mamuin wrote:Thanks Tou. I guess u have better habitat in UTAR. Thinking of printing it myself but need to save lots of money for that... huhuhu..

There are many more habitats in UTAR that is not well observed yet, been into USM once, I think it is very easy for that campus to have more than 100 species, the problem is only with finding them, which is not as easy...... at least you guys have rare birds like Malayan Night Heron, we have not managed to find any really rare birds in our campus yet, the rarest ones are among the uncommon species like a Pheasant-tailed Jacana and up to 5 Cotton Pygmy Geese that were present for 1 season, and pretty friendly, too bad I don't have a good camera back then (Wait a minute! I still don't have a good camera...... )