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Clamorous (Australian) reed-warbler        Images © Mark A. Chappell

Clamorous reed-warblers are well-named: noisy little birds that live in swampy reedbeds.   They are very similar to (but considerably smaller than) the great reed-warbler of Eurasia -- also a loud and vigorous singer.   This one was defending a territory on a small reedbed in a drainage canal in Wollongong, on the coast of New South Wales.

  • Canon 1D3, 500 mm IS lens plus 1.4X extender, fill-in flash (2009)