Large Hawk-Cuckoo

This was a totally unexpected find as we exited Kaeng Krachan National Park after a morning of birding. Though it looks like a set-up, this bird selected this totally natural perch just off the main entrance road. Using the car a a rolling-blind to creep close, I captured this shot out the passenger's side widow before the bird bolted for more protective forest. There was a small pond adjacent to the perch, and I think he had just bathed given his unkempt appearance.

Kaeng Krachan NP, Pretchaburi, Thailand, December 2019
Canon 600mm f/4 IS II + 1.4x III on EOS 5D Mark IV
1/1000 at f/5.6, ISO 1600