Our Cetti's warblers are incredibly vocal at the moment as the males reaffirm their winter territories and new birds attempt to set up their first. Two are still battling it out for control for the Wildlife Garden with one on each side and I think that there are possibly two more using the carpark area as a stage for their shouting matches. One will sing and another will answer back.
Interestingly, unlike many bird species they all sound slighly different from each other. However, what they nearly always consistantly are is elusive and getting a good view is aften tricky but this is a good tome of year as the vegetation is dying back and they birds are having to move around more to fond insect food.
Russ Sherriff got some great shots on Monday in the sunshine...
and Bill Crooks found a similarly showy bird....
Great views and great shots of an enigmatic, captivating little bird that has gone from its first site visit in December 2005 tp 32 singing males this season....
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