3rd January 2024
My Big Year 2024 started with a vagrant from Japan; Yellow Bunting at Tempasuk Plain, Kota Belud yesterday morning while searching for the rare Cotton Pygmy-Goose and Northern Pintail. Thanks to Ken Tanaka from Japan for confirming the identification and was told yesterday, it was the first record for Sabah and Malaysia.
My current list stands at 70 species and hoping for 500 birds this year. My first Big year in 2022 resulted in 479 birds out of the 500 target species https://horukuru.blogspot.com/2023/02/sabahsarawak-big-year-2022.html
Japanese Yellow Bunting in non-breeding plumage
View of Mt. Kinabalu
I will be away for 1 week at Rundum Highland for bird surveys with the gang. Happy birding!
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